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PREFACE. 




^T the annual meetings in March, 1884, the town 
of Washington votecl to compile its history. A 



committee consisting of George N. Gage, Frank 
P. Newman, Hiram I. Hoyt, Shubael W. Hurd and 
Freeman B. Lincoln was chosen to perform the work. 
Negotiations were entered into with Rev. Justin E. Bur- 
bank of Concord, which resulted in the purchase of his 
large and valuable collection of manuscript relating to 
the history of the town. For more than two years, the 
committee have labored, as opportunity would allow, to 
arrange and complete the work intrusted to them. The 
result of their labors is given to the public with con- 
sciousness of many imperfections. With greater care and 
more experience on the part of the committee, many er- 
rors and imperfections would not have appeared. On the 
other hand, no amount of accuracy on the part of the 
compilers could insure accuracy of statement in cases, 
in regard to which, conflicting statements were made by 
apparently reliable parties. Statements have been com- 
pared, and those accepted which appeared most reliable. 

It has been the aim to deal fairly with all parties, and 
any deviation has been unintentional. It must be re- 
membered that some persons and families, from necessity 
require more notice than others. 

The committee early secured the services of Mrs. Hat- 
tie C. Lewis, whose labors have added greatly to the 
value and interest of the history. 



IV PREFACE. 

A valuable and interesting sketch of the eighth New 
Hampshire regiment was kindly furnished by Col. Dana 
W. King, of Nashua, and much valuable material relating 
to the fourteenth regiment, was contributed by Freeman 
S. Stowell, formerly a citizen of the town. 

Thanks are due many other persons, who, though re- 
siding in other towns, and at a distance, have kindly 
aided and encouraged the compilers, and particularly to 
Rev. Nathan R. Wright, of Lynn, Mass.; Langdon Healy, 
of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Edward W. Davis, of New York City ; 
Hazen Ayer, of Putney, Vt.; Nathan Fisk, of St. Croix 
Falls, Wis.; Corodon Spaulding, of Canton, Mass.; David 
L. Davis, of Readville, Mass.; Luman T. Jefts, of Hud- 
son, Mass.; Gustine L. Hurd, of Providence, R. I.; Jef- 
ferson Barney, of Hancock.; Mrs. Sophronia S. Wilcox, of 
Northborough, Mass.; Ezra P. Howard, of Nashua; Wm. 
E. Proctor, of Ogdensburg, N. Y.; DeW. C. Newman, 
of Hillsborough, and others. Almost without exception 
the people of Washington have aided and encouraged 
the committee in every possible way. To Luther A. 
Mellen, Nathaniel A. Lull, John Wood, John O. Metcalf, 
Geo. W. Carr, Charles H. Lowell and Jesse F. Bailey, the 
committee are especially indebted for aid. Finally to the 
members of their own households, who have contributed 
in many ways to lighten their labors and add interest to 
them, the committee acknowledge their indebtedness. 

Most of the portraits and views contained in this 
volume are contributions, and were provided at large 
expense. The following is a list of contributors. 

Corodon Spaulding, of Canton, Mass., portrait of Amy 
Spaulding ; Gilman Bailey, of Kansas City, Mo., portrait 
of Dea. Samuel P. Bailey ; children and grandchildren, 
portrait of Mary Brockway ; Mrs. Julia A. Duncan, En- 
glewood, N. J., portrait of Solomon E. Jones ; Willard 
and David G. Crane, of Burlington, Vt., portrait of Ziba 
Crane ; Mrs. Mary S. Wild, Brooklyn, N, Y., portrait of 



PREFACE. V 

Rev. John F. Griswold ; Langdon Healy, Brooklyn, N. 
Y., portrait of Joseph Healy ; Mrs. Helen Healy, Clare- 
mont, portraits of S. W. Healy and Josiah Richards ; 
Mrs. John P. Healy, Boston, portrait of John P. Healy ; 
David L. Davis, Readville, Mass., portrait of Edmund 
Davis ; Edward W. Davis, New York City, portrait of 
William Davis ; children and grandchildren, portrait of 
Charles French ; Mrs. David Heald, Waverly, Mass., 
portrait of David Heald, Jr.; George J. Fisher, Boston, 
portrait of Jabez Fisher ; Gustine L. Hurd, Providence, 
R. I., and Luman T. Jefts, Hudson, Mass., a view of the 
Congregational Church, Old School House, and Town 
House ; Nathaniel A. Lull & Sons, a view of their store 
and residence ; J. Henry Newman, a view of his resi- 
dence. The portrait of Sarah Shedd and the views of 
the villages, public library building, and soldiers' monu- 
ment, were provided by the town. Other portraits were 
contributed by the persons represented. It may be of in- 
terest to know that the portrait of Amy Spaulding was 
copied from a daguerreotype taken by Thomas N. Good- 
ale, of Hillsborough, the day after her centennial birth- 
day. The portrait of Mary Brockway was from a photo- 
graph by Charles F. McClary, of Hillsborough, taken at 
the age of more than one hundred and one years. The 
portrait of Samuel P. Bailey was from a photograph by 
George W. Lincoln of Hillsborough, taken the day before 
his one hundredth birth day. The view of the Congrega- 
tional Church, Old School House, and Town House, is 
from a photograph by Gustine L. Hurd, of Providence, 
R. L The other views are from photographs by George 
W. Lincoln of Hillsborough. 
Washington, N. H., 1886. 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PORTRAITS. 

pa(;k. 

JOSEPH HEALY, FRONTISPIECE. 

SAMUEL P. BAILEY, S 

CHARLES FRENCH, 1(> 

MARY BROCKWAY, 27 

AMY SPAULDING, 56 

N. R. WRIGHT, 112 

J. F. GRISAVOLD, 121 

CARROLL D. AVRIGHT, 206 

SARAH SHEDD, 2.oO 

L. T. JEFTS, 257 

MARTIN CHASE, 336 

ZIBA CRANE, 353 

WILLIAM DAVIS, '. 369 

EDMUND DAVIS, 376 

JABEZ FISHER, 417 

DAVID HEALD, 469 

J. P. HEALY, 472 

S. W. HEALY, 475 

LANGDON HEALY, 471 

E. P. HOWARD, 480 

GUSTINE L. HURD, 486 

SOLOMON E. JONES, 497 

S. H. MATHER, 528 

JOSIAH RICHARDS, 583 

CORODON SPAULDING, 619 

BUILDINGS. 
STORE AND RESIDENCE OF N. A. LULL AND SONS, .... 88 

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, 104 

OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, 104 

TOWN HOUSE, 104 

SOLDIERS' MONUMENT, 177 

SHEDD FREE LIBRARY, 248 

RESIDENCE OF J. H. NEWMAN, 553 

LANDSCAPES. 

EAST WASHINGTON VILLAGE, 24 

WASHINGTON CENTRE, FROM FAXON HILL, 41 



CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 

EVENTS LEADING TO THE SETTLEMENT OF WASHINGTON. 

First Settlements in New Hampshire. Government of the 
Settlements. Union with Massachusetts, then a Royal 
Province. Mason's Claim. Once more united with Massa- 
chusetts. Indian war. Allen's Claim. Claims to New 
Hampshire lands. Boundaries between Massachusetts and 
New Hami)shire. First Grant made, in which Washington 
was included. Mason's title sold to twelve residents of 
Portsmouth. Survey of the Monadnock range of towns. 1-7 

CHAPTER II. 

CHARTERS AND FIRST SETTLEMENT. 

Charter given to the Sixty Proprietors. Proprietor's Meet- 
ings. Efforts of Proprietors to settle the township. Com- 
mittee chosen to visit New Concord. Grantees' last meet- 
ing. Charter forfeited. Reuben Kidder's Grant. Arrival 
of First Settlers. Condition of Roads and Country. 
Charactei'istics of First Settlers. 7-18 

CHAPTER III. 

PETITION FOR INCORPORATION. NAME OF WASHINGTON. 

Petition for Incorporation. Name of Washington. Brief 

sketches of some of the First Settlers and Early Residents. 18-2(5 

CHAPTER IV. 

SETTLEMENT OF EAST WASHINGTON. 

Village of East Washington. First Settlers. Some Early 
Residents. 26-.30 

CHAPTER V. 

FIRST MEETING HOUSE. 

Building Meeting House. Committees Chosen. Timber, 
when cut. Price of materials for building. Workmen's- 
Wages. Outside house finished. Expense of Meetings of 
the Committee. House raising. Completion and appear- 
ance of the house. Liquor drinking habit. 30-3.5 



35-41 



VIU CONTENTS, 

CHAPTER VI. 

TRANSCRIPT OF ROADS. 

CHAPTER VII. 

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND BOUNDARY LINES. 

Physical Geography. General Scenery. View from Love- 
welPs Mountain. Situation of center villag'e. Longitude 
and Latitude. Height of mountain and otlier portions of 
town. Prospect from these elevations. Original size and 
form of the town. Boundary Lines. Water shed between 
the Connecticut and Merrimack rivers. Ashuelot river. 
Other streams. Ponds in Washington. Forests, surface, 
soil, productions, climate. Boundary dispute between 
Washington and Marlow. 41-51 

CHAPTER VIII. 

LOVEWELL'S MOUNTAIN AND THE ORIGIN OF ITS NAME. 

LovewelFs Mountain. Indian Tribes in New Hampshire. 
Indian Relics in Washington. The Theory of Hon. John 
H. Goodule in regard to the name of Love well's 3Iountain. 51-56 

CHAPTER IX. 

FLORA AND FAUNA. 

56-60 

CHAPTER X. 

POPULATION AND MAPS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

Population of AVashington at the time of each census. Maps 
of New Ihinipshire. Buildings burned. Fire of 1830. 
Baptist church burned. 60-65 

CHAPTER XL 

PRIMITIVE HABITS AND MANNER OF LIVING. 



65-74 



CHAPTER XIL 



INDUSTRIES. 



Saw and gristmill. Other mauufacturies from their origin to 
the present time. 74-86 

CHAPTER XIII. 

INDUSTRIES CONTINUED. 

Stores, hotels, mechanics, etc. 86-99 



CONTENTS. IX 

PAGE. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

Early ministers, how chosen, characteristics of First min- 
isters in Washington. Mr. Leslie. Cold Avinter. Dark 
day. Mr. Leslie's congregation jjrior to 1800. Mr. Les- 
lie's death. 99-104 

CHAPTER XV. 

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH HISTORY. 

104-109 

CHAPTER XVI. 

EAST WASHINGTON CALVINISTIC BAPTIST CHURCH. 

109-1 1« 

CHAPTER XVII. 

OTHERCHURCHES. 

Universalist Society. Methodist church on Turnpike. Sev- 
enth Day Adventist church. Methodist church at East 
Washington. Free will Baptist church. at East Wash- 
ington. 116-12;^ 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY, 

Attorneys at law who have practiced in Washington. 123-127 

CHAPTER XIX. 

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY CONTINUED. 

Physicians who have resided at W^ashington Center. 127-1 3.t 

CHAPTER XX. 

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY CONTINUED. 

Physicians who have resided at East Washington. 135-141 

CHAPTER XXI. 

POLITICAL. 



CHAPTER XXII. 

REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

WAR OF 1812 AND MEXICAN WAR. 



141-153 



153-162 



162-170 



X CONTENTS. 

PAGE. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

WAR RECORDS FROM 1SG2 TO 1865. 

Eeeords of the War of the Eebellioii. 170-177 

CHAPTER XXV. 

WASHINGTON'S FIRST VOLUNTEER. 

Second New Hampsliire Volunteers. Seventh New Hamp- 
shire Volunteers. 177-184 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

EIGHTH NEW HAMrSHIRE VOLUNTEERS. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 

TENTH NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

FOURTEENTH NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 



184-193 



193-206 



206-214 



Sixteenth New Hampsliire Volunteers. Capt. Judson Wil- 
kins. 214-219 

CHAPTER XXX. 
Shari)shooters. Amos B. Jones. Samuel D. Monroe. List 
of Washington men who served in the War of the Rebel- 
lion. 219-234 
CHAPTER XXXI. 

SCHOOLS. 

Record of early votes passed relating to schools. Division 
into districts. Boundaries of districts. Building of school 
liouses. 234-250 

CHAPTER XXXII. 

'I'uhbs Union Academy, reunion of. Prof. Dyer H. Sanborn. 
Sbedd Fi-ee Library, dedication of. Miss Sarah Shedd. 
Mr. Luman T. Jefts. 250-264 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 

Secret Societies. Soldiers' Monument. Cemeteries. 264-270 

CHAPTER XXXIV. 

GENEALOGIES. 



270-691 



CHAPTER XXXV. 



RECORDS OF FAMILIES NOT MENTIONED IN THE PRECEDING CHAPTER. 

691-696 



History of Washington. 



CHAPTER I. 



EVENTS LEADING TO THE SETTLEMENT OF WASHINGTON. 

First settlements in New Hampshire. Government of the settle- 
ments. Union with Massachusetts then a Eoyal Province. Mason's 
claim. Once more miited with Massachusetts. Indian war. Allen's 
claim. Claims to New Hampshire lands. Boundaries between Mas- 
sachusetts and New Hampshire. First grant made in which Wash- 
ington was included. Mason's title sold to twelve residents of 
Portsmouth. Survey of the Mouadnock range of towns. 




N the year 1623, Sir Fernando Gorges and Capt. 
John Mason sent out two small companies to 
make settlements on land of which they had re- 
ceived a grant from the council of Plymouth. One party 
settled at a place called by them Little Harbor, which is 
within the present limits of Portsmouth. The other sailed 
up the Piscataqua river, and settled at Northam, called 
by the Indians Cocheco, and now Dover. 

In 1633 the first settlement was made at Hampton, the 
Indian name being Winnicumet. 

In 1638 a settlement was begun on the Swamscot river 
by a small company of emigrants, who had been banished 
from Massachusetts, being accused of heresy. The leader 
of these exiles, John Wheelwright, purchased of the In- 
dians a tract of land lying between the Piscataqua and 
Merrimac rivers, they considering themselves well paid 
in "coats, shirts, and kettles." 



2 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

The Plymouth company soon after this purchase, made 
a grant of the same territory to Capt. Mason, who named 
it New Hampshire, in honor of the county of Hampshire 
in England, where he formerly lived. 

Wheelwright considered his claim to be more just than 
any that could be given by a Massachusetts company, he 
having purchased the land of the original owners ; and 
he proceeded to make a settlement at a place now called 
Exeter, 

This unexplored region had been called a "goodly 
realm" by some of the Massachusetts colonists, who had 
sailed up the coast by the Isles of Shoals and the 

"Marshes of Hampton spread 

J^evel and green that summer day. 

The North is the hmd of hope thej' cried ; 

And in sixteen hundred and twenty-tliree, 

For Dover meadows and Portsmouth river, 

Bold and earnest they crossed tlie sea, 

And the realm was theirs and ours forever," 

Until the year 1641 these four settlements had no com- 
bined form of government, but the hostile action of the 
Indians led them to wish to unite in one body, for mutual 
protection, and they decided at last to become a part of 
the Province of Massachusetts, to which proposition that 
state very willingly assented, and as our state historian 
says, "the political marriage of these republics was con- 
summated without opposition, for there was no one to for- 
bid the bans." The population of the four New Hamp- 
shire settlements at the time of the union with Massa- 
chusetts was about one thousand, that of all the New 
England colonies, twenty thousand. 

In the year 1679 New Hampshire became a royal prov- 
ince after being under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts 
for nearly thirty-eight years. Indian hostilities had ceased 
and prosperity attended the settlers in this new 
state. The colonies were still kept in a ferment by the 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 3 

Masons, who laid claim to a large portion of the New 
Hampshire townships ; and they were anxious to establish 
their claim so as to have power to give leases of the land 
to the settlers. The government was administered by 
officials appointed by the crown until the year 1688, when 
a new king having ascended the throne, the people of the 
New England provinces, denounced the Governor, Sir 
Edmund Andros, and sent him to England as a prisoner. 
For two years New Hampshire was left without a govern- 
ment — waiting orders from the mother country — but none 
came ; and in 1690 they asked to be once more admitted 
under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, which request 
was granted, and delegates were sent to the general court 
of that colony for two years. In the mean time Capt. 
Mason died, leaving his title to his two sons, John and 
Robert Mason. They sold their claim to Samuel Allen 
of London who was commissioned Governor. This change 
was contrary to the wishes of the people of New Hamp- 
shire, who desired to be annexed to the colony of Massa- 
chusetts. 

In 1689 another Indian war broke out instigated in part 
by the French, who had settlements in Canada ; and from 
this time until 1697 the colonies suffered severely from at- 
tacks of the Indians led on by the French, who were quite 
as unmerciful in their mode of warfare. In 1696 peace 
was restored between England and France, and the hos- 
tilities of the Indians ceased. 

During the year 1698 Allen came over and assumed the 
control of the colony, and he made an attempt to gain 
possession of the territory that he had purchased of the 
Masons. The courts of the colony, however, decided 
against him. He then appealed to the king, but the sud- 
den death of Allen prevented a final decision. From 1702 
until 1741 New Hampshire and Massachusetts were again 
united under one government. In 1741 Benning Went- 
worth was appointed Governor of the separate Province of 



4 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

New Hampshire, and in 1767 John Wentworth his nephew 
succeeded him and continued to hold that position until 
the war of the Revolution. 

Sanborn in his History of our state pertinently remarks, 
"if New Hampshire had been a Paradise its possession 
could not have been more eagerly sought by its numerous 
suitors. The Indians claimed it ; the assigns of Mason 
claimed it ; Massachusetts claimed it ; and the actual set- 
tlers claimed it, — Massachusetts claimed the largest and 
best part of it. Her claim was founded on her charter 
given by William and Mary, which substantially covered 
the same territory which was granted by the first charter 
of James I. After the failure of a joint committee from 
both provinces, who met at Newbury in 1731 to settle the 
long and complicated dispute, New Hampshire petitioned 
the king to decide the controversy." George H decided 
in favor of New Hampshire, that state receiving more 
than she originally claimed as her right. For some years 
previous to this decision Massachusetts had granted as 
many townships as possible in order to gain color of title 
to the disputed territory. In 1735 the "line of towns" as 
they are designated was granted on the plea of forming a 
defense against the Indians. This line began at Boscawen 
and extended west to Charlestown. No. i, included the 
territory of Warner ; No. 2, that of Bradford ; No. 3, that 
of the north part of Washington, with a part of Lempster ; 
No. 4, the remaining land until Charlestown was reached, 
then called No. 4 of another line of towns ; No. 5, included 
Hopkinton ; No. 6, Henniker ; No. 7, Hillsborough ; No. 8, 
the s.outhern part of Washington and a part of Stoddard. 
This was the first grant ever made as far as the records 
show of the territory now included in the town of Wash- 
ington. This charter was dated Jan. 15, 1736. 

Although this decision of the king virtually settled the 
boundary question between the two states, in reality New 
Hampshire has never had a legal southern boundary. The 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 5 

decree of the king that the line should be run and estab- 
lished by the two provinces, or if one refused to act in the 
matter, by the other alone, was carried out by Richard 
Hazen, a New Hampshire surveyor, under the direction 
of Gov. Belcher, in the winter of 1741, Massachusetts re- 
fusing to take part in the proceedings. In his survey 
Hazen made an allowance of 10° for the westerly variation 
of the needle. It was afterwards ascertained that he had 
committed a serious blunder in making so large an allow- 
ance. Instead of 10'^ it should have been 6° 40' only, and 
he had therefore hit the Connecticut river by a line 3° 20' 
too far north, and the line should have been placed further 
south on that river by nine hundred and forty-two rods, 
nearly three miles. 

This territory embraced, from the "boundary pine" in 
Pelham to the Connecticut river, ninety square miles, or 
over fifty-nine thousand acres of land. The Massachusetts 
towns which it is claimed lie wholly or partly in New Hamp- 
shire, are Tyngsboro, Dunstable, Pepperrell, Townsend, 
Ashby, Ashburnham, Winchendon, Royalton, Warwick 
and Northfield. In 1885 a joint commission to establish a 
boundary line to which both states might agree to as a 
correct one, was chosen, and it is expected that the con- 
troversy respecting the boundary of New Hampshire 
which has continued for more than one hundred and fifty 
years will at last be concluded. 

Soon after this decision of the king respecting the bound- 
ary line, the Mason claim was revived. John Tufton, a 
native of Boston, and great-grandson of John Mason, and 
his heir on assuming the name of Mason, pressed his claim 
and succeeded in getting a decision in his favor. In 1746 
John Tufton Mason sold his title to twelve men of Ports- 
mouth, New Hampshire, called the Masonian Proprietors, 
for one thousand five hundred pounds sterling, and they 
assumed the control of the territory. 

They pursued a ju5t and generous policy with the actual 



6 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

settlers who had received their titles from Massachuse'-ts 
and proceeded to look after their unsettled possessions. 
The first survey was made in the year 1749, of towns 
bordering on Massachusetts, thence north on the western 
boundary of what was owned by the Masonian Proprietors. 
These towns were designated as South Monadnock, (now 
Rindge), Middle Monadnock, (Jaffrey), North Monadnock, 
(Dublin), Monadnock No. 4, (Fitzwilliam), Monadnock No. 
5, (Marlboro), Monadnock No. 6, (Nelson), Monadnock No. 
7, (Stoddard), and Monadnock No. 8, (Washington). 

The new proprietors were anxious to issue patents to 
those who would become actual settlers, and the survey 
of this uninhabited region, and the laying out of the new 
line of towns, had called the attention of the public to this 
portion of the state, and in 1751 the following grant was 
made to individuals who intended to see that actual settle- 
ments were made on the premises. 

The original grant of which this is a copy is still in the 
possession of the town. 



CHAPTER II. 



CHARTERS AND FIRST SETTLEMENT. 

Charter given to the sixty proprietors. Proprietors' meetings. Ef- 
forts of proprietors to settle the township. Committee chosen to 
visit New Concord. Grantees' last meeting. Charter forfeited. 
Reuben Kidder's grant. Arrival of first settlers. (Jondition of 
roads and country. Characteristics of first settlers. 




Province of 
New Hampshire 

URSUANT to the Power and authority Granted 
and Vested in me the Subscriber, by the Prop'rs 
of Land Purchased of John Tufton Mason, Esqr., 
in the Province of New Hampshire, by their vote Passed 
at their Meeting held at Portsmouth in said Province, 
Sixth day of December, A. D. 175 1, I do by these Pres- 
ents on ye Terms and Conditions, with the Reservations 
herein after expressed. Give and Grant all the right Prop- 
erty and Possessions of ye Proprietors aforesaid unto Capt. 
Peter Prescott, Stephen Hosmer, Jun., John Wood, John 
Fox, Daniel Hoar, Timothy Hoar, Jacob Fox, Joseph Lee, 
Zepheniah Wood, Abijah Mason, Nathan Stratton, Seth 
Lee, Timothy Hodgman, Stephen Hosmer Tertius, Abel 
Miles, Joseph Stratton, Joseph Wheeler, Joseph Wheeler 
Jun., Archelus Adams, Jonathan Fisk, John Miles, 
Consider Soaper, Charles Prescott, Abel Prescott, James 
Lauman, Jonas Haywood, Abel Fox, David Fletcher, 



8 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Nath'l Piper, Nath'l Hosmer, Jun., Wm. Hosmer, Peter 
Prescott, Jun., James Minot, Jun., all of Concord ; John 
Fox, John Fox, Jun., Eleaser Lawrence, Jun., Eleaser 
I>awrence Tertius, all of Littleton ; Jonathan Hosmer, 
Nathaniel Wheeler, Jonathan Conant, William Cutting, 
Joseph Wheeler, all of Acton ; William Rice of Sudbury, 
Aaron Willard of Lancaster, John Buss of Lunenberg, 
William Boutwell of Leominster, Nathaniel Sawyer of 
Lancaster, John Bulkeley and Peter Bulkeley of Boston, 
Robert Fletcher, Jun., of Nottingham, all in the Province 
of Massachusetts Bay ; Joseph Brown, Wm. Spaulding, 
Peter Powers, Stephen Powers, Samuel Cumings, Zach- 
eriah Stearns, John Stearns, Zacheriah Stearns, Jun., Jona- 
than Combs, Jacob Fletcher, Jeremiah Colburn, all in the 
Province of New Hampshire, in equal Shares of, in and to 
that Tract of Land or Township called Monadnock Num- 
ber Eight, (or New Concord), Lying in the Province of 
New Hampshire aforesaid, and within the Claim of Mason's 
Patent, Bounded as Followeth : Beginning at a Stake and 
Heap of Stones, the North Westerly Corner of Monadnock 
Number Seven (so called) Granted to Reuben Kidder and 
others, which Stake and Stones is in the Patent Line 
Lately Run by Joseph Blanchard, Jun., Esq. — from thence 
runs by Said Number Seven, South, Eighty Degrees, East 
Six Miles and a half to a Stake and Heap of Stones, from 
thence North, Twenty Eight Degrees East Eight Miles on 
Ungranted Lands to a Beach Tree, From thence North 
Eighty degrees West six miles and a half to ye Patent 
Line aforesaid. From Thence Southerly by Said Patent 
Line to the first Bounds Mentioned. To Them their Heirs 
and assigns To Have and to Hold on ye Terms and Con- 
ditions with the Reservations hereinafter Expressed viz : 
That the Tract of Land aforesaid be Divided into one 
Hundred and Twenty three Equall Shares, Two Lotts to 
a Share, at the Least, at ye Expense of ye Grantees and 
Drawn for in some Open and Equitable Manner at or before 




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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 9 

the Last Day of January, A. D., 1754, a Plan and Record 
thereof to be made, and by their Proprietors, Clerk on 
Oath Certified with the Schedule, and Delivered into the 
said Grantors Clerk's Office within thirty days next after 
Such Draft. That three of ye aforesaid Shares be and 
hereby are granted one to ye first Settled Minister, one for 
ye ministry, and one for ye Schools, these forever free of 
all Charge : That Twenty more of ye Shares be reserved to 
and for ye Grantors Their Heirs and assigns forever, free 
from all Incumbrances of Settlement, Tax," Charge or 
Expense whatever, until Improved by ye owners or Some 
Holding under them Respectively. 

That the Owners of ye other Shares viz ; all Exclusive of 
James Minott, Jun., Josiah Brown, William Spalding, 
Peter Powers, Stephen Powers, Samuel Cumings, Zacha- 
riah Stearns, John Stearns, Zachariah Stearns, Jun., Jona- 
than Combs, Jacob P"letcher and Jeremiah Colburn, Jun., 
at their own expense make Settlement in ye following Man- 
ner viz : That there be Three Acres Cleared, Inclosed and 
Fitted for mowing or Tillage, on some one lott of each of 
ye fifty Settling Shares aforesaid, at or before the last day 
of June, 1755, and Two acres more on Each of ye same 
Lotts annually, for Three years next Coming, and at ye 
Expiration of Five years from this Date, To have on Each 
of ye Said Fifty Lotts a Convenient Dwelling House and 
a Family or some Person Resident there for four years 
then next coming. 

That all necessary Hyways be Laid out in Sd Town- 
ship Through Grantors and Grantees Lands, as there shall 
be need for the future, without any pay or allowance for 
Damages Thereby. 

That a Convenient Meeting House be Built in Said 
Township and Finished within Ten years from this Date, 
and Twenty acres reserved for Publick use at ye Place that 
shall be appointed to Sett said House upon. 

That the aforesaid Grantees by a Major Vote in Publick 



10 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Meeting Called for that Purpose, Grant and asess in Equal 
Proportion Such sum or sums of Money, as they Shall 
think Necessary from time to time, for carrying forward 
and completing the Settlement aforesaid, and the Grantees 
Exclusive of ye Three Publick Lotts, who Shall Neglect 
for ye Space of Thirty Days next after such asessment is 
made and Granted to pay the same, so much of Such De- 
linquents Rights, Respectively Shal and may be Sold as 
will pay the Tax, and all Charges ariseing thereon by a 
Committee to be appointed by the Grantees for that pur- 
pose. 

And in Case any of the Grantees Shall Neglect or Re- 
fuse to Perform any of ye articles aforesaid by him 
Respectively to be done, he Shall Forfit his Share and 
Right in Said Township, and every part thereof to those 
of ye Grantees Who Shall Comply with the Conditions on 
their Part herein Expressed : and it Shall and may be 
Lawful for them or any Person by their Authority, to En- 
ter into and upon the right Share or part of said Delin- 
quent Owner in ye Name and behalf of ye whole of ye 
Grantees who shall Comply as aforesaid ; To Remove, 
Oust and Expell for ye use of them their Heirs and assigns, 
Provided they Settle or Cause to be Settled Each such 
Delinquents Right, within the Term of one year at ye far- 
thest from the Period that is by this Instrument Stipulated 
to be Done as the Conditions of this Grant. And fully 
Discharge and Comply with ye whol duty Such Delin- 
quent ought to have Done ; Within one year from time to 
time after ye Respective Periods Thereof ; and in Case 
ye Grantees fulfilling their Parts as aforesaid shall Neglect 
fulfilling as aforesaid the Duty of any Delinquent owners 
that then such Share or Shares shall be forfit, Revert and 
belong to the Grantors their Heirs and Assigns, and be 
wholly at their Disposal free from future Charge. 

Always Provided there Shall be no Indian War within 
any of ye Limitted Term as Aforesaid, and in Case that 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. I I 

Should Happen, the same time to be allowed for doing the 
duty after such Impediment Shall be Removed. 

Lastly that all White Pine Trees growing on Said Tract 
fit for Masting his Majesty's Royal Navy be and hereby 
are Granted to his Majesty his Heirs and Successors for 
Ever. 

To all which Premises I, Joseph Blanchard, agent for 
and in behalf of ye Proprietors the Grantors Have here- 
unto set my Hand and Seal this Eleventh day of Decem- 
ber, A. D., 1752, and in the Twenty-Sixth year of his 
Majesty's Reign. 

Signed, Sealed and De- ) , , ^, , , r t 

,T , . Ti r } Joseph Blanchard. [seal] 

livered m Presence 01 ) -^ ^ 

James Minot, 
Martha Minot. 

Middlesex, SS., August ye 4th, 1753. Then 
the above named Joseph Blanchard, appearing 
acknowledged the above written Instrument 
to be his free Act and Deed Before me. 
♦ James Minot, Jus. Peace. 

The charter was recorded Dec. 12, 1754, by Daniel 
Pierce, Esq., of Portsmouth. 

The grantees met at Dunstable, New Hampshire, Jan. 
27> i753> and passed the following preamble and vote. 

"Whereas Joseph Blanchard, Esq., agent for and in be- 
half of the proprietors of the lands in the Province of New 
Hampshire purchased of John Tufton Mason, did on the 
eleventh day of Dec, 1752 grant the contents of eight 
miles long and six and a half wide, therefore unanimously 
voted that we do hereby accept said title for ourselves and 
our heirs ; do hereby acknowledge that we do hold said 
lands under said title, conditions and limitations with the 
reservations therein mentioned." 

A warrant for another meeting was issued in the fol- 



12 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

lowing terms, "These are to notify the proprietors of No. 
8, or New Concord in the Province of New Hampshire, 
to meet at the house of Thomas W. Roe in Concord, Coun- 
ty of Middlesex, innholder, on the first day of Jan. next 
to choose a moderator, and committee of surveying, and 
divide into lots, to draw the lots for the speedy settlement 
of said township, and transact such other business as may 
be thought necessary." 

Henry Price was chosen to couple the lots for draft, and 
also to assess each single right or share £ i, 6 s. 8 d., to de- 
fray the expenses of the survey. John Stephens was 
chosen to draw lots for all persons who had rights in the 
township. 

At the close of the meeting they adjourned until April 
12, 1754. After some delay the drawing took place, each 
proprietor receiving four lots. There remained thirty- 
nine lots that were not drawn. Of these thirty-one were 
drawn by two persons to be held by them in common. 
The township was surveyed and a plan made of the lots. 
P2ach lot was designated by a number and range ; each 
owner's land being a lot of such a number in such a range. 
The town was in the form of a parallelogram, eight miles 
by six and one half, and contained fifty-two square miles, 
which is more than the present limits of the town in- 
clude. At a town meeting held in 1786 it was "voted to 
set off to New Bradford that part of Washington which 
lies east of a line drawn from the north-west corner of 
Hillsborough with a strait line to the north line of that 
part of Washington, which is included in Col. Kidder's 
Charter, being three miles from the north-east corner of 
Washington, from thence continuing the same course to 
the south line of Fishersfieid, — made choice of Jeremiah 
Bacon, John Vose, and Thomas Penninlan to run the 
afojesaid line." 

Each share was divided into two lots and contained 
two hundred and seventy-eight acres. A sketch of each 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 1 3 

person's share was made, and each lot was described as, 
"good" ; or "very good" ; or "poor". On one of the lots 
is "half a pond ;" on another "part of a pond." Of one 
it is said "a river runs through it;" another had a river 
"through ye corner." 

At another meeting held the same year the proprietors 
voted to assess the owners of shares eight shillings the 
share. 

At the next meeting it was decided to notify delin- 
quent shareholders that their forfeited rights would be 
sold at public vendue in January, 1755. Several lots were 
sold at that time. In June; 1756, lots were advertised in 
the Boston Evening Post, and sold for non-payment of 
taxes. 

Up to this time the French and Indian wars had 
checked all attempts to form new settlements on frontier 
townships, but the war was now over and a renewed inter- 
est was manifested by the proprietors of this territory ; 
and at a meeting held September, 1763 it was voted "that 
there be a committee of four chosen to go up to New 
Concord to examine and see where may be the most likely 
or proper place for a grist and saw mills ; and also to find 
the most likely places in the town for roads to accommodate 
the settlers to get their provisions. That Stephen Hos- 
mer, John Wood, Joseph Wheeler, Stephen Hosmer, Jr., 
be the committee." 

They met again in 1763 and voted to cut a road through 
the town's centre from the south line to the north at the 
expense of the proprietors. Also, "voted to give one hun- 
dred acres of land to the man who shall first build a grist 
or saw mill in the most convenient place near the centre 
of said town for the use of the inhabitants only of said 
town for fifteen years, and to keep said mill in good repair. 
To supply the inhabitants with boards and joists during 
said time, at the rate of eight shillings for cutting one 



14 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

thousand feet, and the customary toll for grinding all sorts 
of grain ; and agreed to pay out of the proprietors' stock 
£23, 13s. 4d. towards the iron work of said mills." 

The last meeting of the grantees was held Nov. 10, 
1767. Soon after this it was declared by the Masonian 
proprietors that these grantees had forfeited their title by 
non-compliance with the conditions of the charter, which 
had run sixteen years when revoked. Thus failed the 
first attempt to settle this town and this was not made by 
actual settlers, but by proprietors of the land who wished 
to dispose of it to others for settlement. 

The next grant was made .to Reuben Kidder, Esq., of 
New Ipswich, New Hampshire. He was one of the lead- 
ing grantees of that town, had held a prominent position 
there, and had been the leading magistrate in that vicin- 
ity. His ancestors emigrated to this country in 1626 and 
settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts. - He was energetic 
and persevering, and well calculated to succeed in carry- 
ing forward the enterprise of settling a new township. 
He was a friend of Gov. Wentworth, and had received a 
Col.'s commission from that official. He was born in that 
part of Chelmsford now called Westford. Col. Kidder re- 
ceived a charter given on the same conditions as that of 
the proprietors which had but recently been revoked, and 
his title came from the same source — the twelve men to 
whom the heirs of Capt. Mason had sold their claim. 

These men were Theodore Atkinson, M. H. Went- 
worth, Richard Wibird, John Wentworth, son of the 
Governor, George Jaffrey, Nathaniel Meserve, Thomas 
Parker, Thomas Wallingford, Jotham Odiorn, Joshua 
Pierce, Samuel Moore, John Moffat. 

These proprietors retained one-third of the entire area, 
which they intended to dispose of when the town had 
become so much improved as to make the land of more 
value in the market, and thus receive compensation for 
that which thev had grranted to Col. Kidder, It is said 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 1 5 

however, that they failed to receive any pecuniary benefit 
from these reserved lots. 

In 1768 the first installment of actual settlers reached 
the township. They came directly from New Ipswich, 
although some of them were residents of other places. 
There were already settlements made in Peterboro, Dub- 
lin,. Nelson and Stoddard, and it is supposed their route 
lay through these towns. The roads were untravelled and 
poorly made : and a part of the way there was no road at 
all, they being obliged to find their way by means of 
marked trees. When a stream was bridgeless they felled 
a tree across it for the use of the women and children, 
and the men rode the horses through the stream. They 
came on foot and on horseback ; with children and house- 
hold goods bound on together ; and it has been truly said, 
that the journey was attended with many hardships; but 
they pressed on courageously, looking forward to the 
founding of homes in the wilderness with the same inde- 
pendent, undaunted spirit that had inspired all the settlers 
in New England before them. Col. Kidder gave to each 
of these men a grant of one hundred acres of land, they 
having the privilege of choosing their land from any part 
of the township. It is supposed that Archibald White 
accompanied them as leader and agent for Col. Kidder ; 
and that Ebenezer Lovell, Simon Lovell, Ephraim Sever- 
ance Daniel White, Thomas Adams, Jacob Burbank, 
Moses Chase, Simeon Farnsworth, Daniel Keyes, Silas 
Tasker, Robert Pollock, John Safford, Abner Sampson, 
James Scott and David Taylor came with him from New 
Ipswich, or followed soon after. 

They must have been fairly prospered in their journey, 
as they accomplished it in three days. They found the 
country an almost unbroken wilderness, and no traces of 
white men or Indians were to be seen within the limits of 
the township. Wild game was plentiful in the woods, and 
the streams and ponds abounded with different kinds of 



l6 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

fish. They arrived in May and encamped at the outlet of 
Millen's pond, which situation presented many attractions 
to the settlers for their new homes. They began to make 
use of their rations of salt pork, but soon discovered that 
trout could be obtained from the river near by, and were 
much more palatable than their supplies which they had 
brought from New Ipswich. They first built log houses 
and lived in. the plain, simple manner incident to all set- 
tlers in a new country, having but few of the luxuries of 
life, although it is said they were men of substantial 
means. 

A large number of the first residents of Washington 
came from the region of Massachusetts Bay. The set- 
tlers in that part of New England — the heart of Massa- 
chusetts — were of pure English stock. They were En- 
glish when they landed on the shores of the new world, 
and remained so in their transplanting. Such emigrants 
from the mother country brought with them a love of 
liberty, a desire for knowledge, and an attachment to re- 
ligion that did not forsake them when they built for them- 
selves new homes in New England. Those men who first 
came to this town understood the advantages of mental 
culture. The Sampsons, the Saffords, the Healys, the 
Faxons, the Farwells had a natural love of learning; and 
they built here the school house, and laid the foundation 
of the church before they had reared commodious dwell- 
ings. The towns of Antrim, Stoddard and Hillsborough 
were already inhabited, and settlements to the north-west 
as far as Claremont had been commenced, and there could 
not have been that feeling of isolation that attended the 
settlers in frontier townships. Neither were they har- 
rassed by fear of the cruel Indian. They could pursue 
their labors in the field, or pass from one dwelling to 
another, without fear of the deadly ambuscade : their 
slumber by night and their noon-day meal was not dis- 
turbed by the warwhoop of the enemy ; and they could 




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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. J/ 

worship God on the day of rest without the matchlock to 
guard from the sudden attack of the red men. Their 
dwellings were not burned, nor their wives and children 
taken captive ; but gentle peace smiled upon them, and 
prosperity attended their quiet homes. 

Their number must have increased somewhat rapidly, 
as the conditions of the grant required a certain number 
of families to be located here each year, and we find by 
the records of the first census, taken in 1773, that the 
number of inhabitants was then one hundred and thirty- 
two. 



CHAPTER III. 



PETITION FOR INCORPORATION. NAME OF WASHINGTON. 

Petition for incorporation. Name of Washington. Brief sketch of 
some of the first settlers and earlj' residents. 




''T the time of the survey of this portion of New- 
Hampshire, made in 1749, this town was designa- 
ted as No. 8. When the sixty proprietors re- 
ceived their chai;ter they called it New Concord, as the 
larger portion of those grantees were residents of Con- 
cord, Mass. When Col. Reuben Kidder became sole pro- 
prietor of the township he gave it the name of Camden, 
wishing to honor an English peer. Lord Camden, a friend 
of Gov. Wentworth, who had befriended the English 
colonists in America. The township bore this name until 
the year 1776, when the following petition was sent for- 
ward to Exeter by Archibald White, Esq. 

"To the General Assembly of, New Hampshire in New 
England. The petition of the inhabitants of a certain un- 
incorporated township of land, hitherto known by the 
name of Camden in the county of Cheshire in the govern- 
ment above named, most humbly sheweth, may it please 
your honors, that whereas by reason of our being a non- 
incorporated township we are subject to many inconven- 
iences and disadvantages as are common, and often incident 
to non-incorporated societies, both in accord to public and 
domestic affairs, we therefore your honor's most humble 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. ^ IQ 

petitioners hereby intreat and implore, that according to 
your wisdom and goodness, you would be pleased to 
remedy the inconveniences and disadvantages to which 
we are liable, and invest this town with the powers, liber- 
ties, and privileges common to incorporated towns within 
this government, may it please your honors to incorporate 
this township by the name of Washington, as in duty 
bound your honor's most humble petitioners, whose names 
are underwritten, shall ever pray. Dated at Camden afore- 
said, Sept. 22, 1776. 

Reuben Kidder, Nathan Proctor, 

Jacob Burbank, Wm. White, 

Wm. Proctor, . Samuel Tabor, 

Ebenezer Spaulding, Joseph Rounsevel, 

David Lowell, Josiah Proctor, 

Church Tabor, Samuel Copeland, 

Benjamin Babcock, Daniel Severance, 

John Steele^ Wm. Steele, 
Abner Sampson, . Robert Mann, 

David Lowell, Jun., Jonathan Brockway, 

Archibald White, Simeon Farnsvvorth, 

Jam.es Maxwell, Archibald White, Jun. 

Ephraim Severance, Paul Hale, 

John Safford, Peter Lowell, 

David Danforth, Jacob Copeland." 

Upon reading this petition the house voted that the pe- 
titioners cause the substance of this petition to be pub- 
lished in the most public places of the township and in 
the New Hampshire Gazette or Saturday Circulating 
Chronicle, that any person concerned may appear before 
the general Assembly of the state on the third day of next 
Sessions to shew cause if any there be why the prayer 
thereof may not be granted. The prayer of the petition- 
ers was granted at the next session of the court, there 



20 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

being no one to oppose. The following is a copy of the 
act of incorporation. 

"State of New Hampshire An Act to Incorporate a place 
called Camden in the county of Cheshire, Whereas the 
inhabitants of that tract of Land in the County of Chesh- 
ire called Camden, have petitioned the general court, rep- 
resenting that they labor under great disadvantages by 
reason of their unincorporated state ; and praying that 
they may be incorporated, notice of which has been given, 
and no objection has been made thereto, and it appearing 
to be for the public good be it therefore enacted by the 
council and assembly, that there be and hereby is a town- 
ship erected and incorporated by the name of Washington 
bounded northerly by Fishersfield, easterly by Bradford 
and Hillsborough, southerly by Stoddard and Campbell's 
Gore — so called — and Westerly by Marlow and Lempster, 
and the inhabitants thereby erected into a body politic 
and corporate, to have continuance and succession forever, 
and are hereby invested with all the rights and privileges 
and immunities, which any town in this state holds and 
enjoys : and Mr. Archibald White is hereby authorized to 
call a meeting of said inhabitants to choose all necessary 
and customary town officers : giving fourteen days' notice 
of the time and place and design of such meeting, and 
such officers shall be hereby invested with all the powers 
usual in any other town in the state ; and every other 
meeting which shall be annually held in said town for that 
purpose shall b^ on the third Monday of March forever. 
In the House of Representatives, Dec. 9, 1776. 

Jonathan Lovewell, 

Speaker pro tempore. 

Read three times and accepted, and voted that the same 
be enacted. 

M. Weare, 

Preside fit." 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 21 

Thus the name of Washington, which had become a 
familiar word in every household in the land, and univers- 
ally loved and respected, was, for the first time, it is said, 
given to a town organization. Since then, there is scarce- 
ly a state or territory from our own White Hills, to the 
farthest south and west, which has not commemorated 
that honored name in some manner, either as applied to a 
natural or political division. 

The name Washington signifies, "the town of the mead- 
ow creek." Its derivation is from the Saxon, ^uacs for 
water; and one meaning of iug is meadow, and ton is 
town or inclosure. The family name of the Washingtons 
was taken from their ancestral home in England. 

Washington was included in Cheshire county until July 
5, 1827, when Sullivan county was incorporated and 
named in honor of the Hon. John Sullivan. 

From this time forward, that is the year of 1776 we 
have an account of the business of the town, but for 
about eight years previous to this the town records are 
missing and it is impossible to obtain the desired inform- 
ation respecting those early times. 

It is to be regretted that some person should not be 
chosen in every generation to chronicle the passing events 
of the times in which they live for future reference. A 
generation of aged men and women have passed away 
within the last decade who might have added materially 
to the interest of a work like this, if the historian could 
have listened to a recital of the scenes of their early life 
and reminiscences of by-gone days. 

We have an account of a few of those who signed the 
petition for the act of incorporation which we append 
together with some others who came to this town within 
a few years after that time. 

Reuben Kidder heads the list, and although he was 
not an actual resident, he was interested in the progress 
of the town and had an agent here much of the time. A 



22 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

brief sketch of his life has been given in another part of 
the History. 

The next name is John Safford. He came from Har- 
vard, Massachusetts. He built his house near the centre 
of the town on a prominent hill commanding an extensive 
view of the country south and east. He extended his 
original possessions as far as Milieu's, then called Safford's 
pond, and by the east of that pond nearly to what is now 
the Stoddard road by Oak Hill. He was one of the lead- 
ing men of the times, holding the offices of town-clerk, 
moderator, selectman, and also a commission in the mili- 
tary service with the rank of Lieut. A large portion of 
the Safford Homestead still remains in the possession of 
his descendants. 

Jacob Burbank built his house a fourth of a mile to the 
south-west, where it still remains, now more than one hun- 
dred years old. He came from Hudson, New Hampshire, 
a descendant of John Burbank, who settled in Rowley, 
Massachusetts, in 1640. A son, and afterwards a grand- 
son, lived on the Burbank place, but it passed out of the 
possession of the family in 1866. 

David Danforth chose the south side of Milieu's pond." 
He came from Bilerica, Massachusetts, and was a descend- 
ant of the Rev. Francis Danforth of Cambridge, Massachu- 
setts. The birth of his son Eli was the first one recorded 
in the town clerk's book. 

William Proctor took possession of land lying west 
of Mr. Danforth's land and bordering on the same pond. 
He came from Chelmsford, Massachusetts, which was the 
home of the Proctors in this country for many years. 

Ebenezer Spaulding first settled on the Ashuelot 
river. He afterwards lived on the Lempster road two miles 
from the centre village. A change in the boundary of the 
town finally left him in Lempster. His marriage to Amy 
Roundy, a native of Windham, Connecticut, was the first 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 23 

one recorded by the town clerk of Washington. He died 
in 1808, his wife surviving him many years. She died at 
East Washington in 1859, at the age of one hundred years. 
Many of their descendants are still living. 

The ancestors of Joseph Rounsevel were originally 
from Freetown, Massachusetts. He took possession of 
land east of the centre, and a part of the land which now 
constitutes the village was included in his farm. He built 
a saw-mill on what is now Water street, and a house on 
the site where the large brick house now stands. He was 
well educated and held many of the town offices. 

Abner Sampson was born in Harvard, Massachusetts, 
from which place came many of the first settlers in Wash- 
ington. He built his house in the eastern part of the 
village and kept tavern there for some years. His son. 
Ward Sampson, Esq., was one of the most prominent citi- 
zens here for many years. 

Simon Lowell was the son of Ebenezer Lowell. He 
came from New Ipswich and originally from Groton, Mas- 
sachusetts. He occupied land on the Goshen road. He 
had a large family, and many of his grand-children are still 
living. 

Simeon Farnsworth, Jr., came from Harvard, Massa- 
chusetts. He was one of a family of sixteen children. 
His father with probably all his children came here after- 
wards. Simeon Farnsworth mad^ choice of land lying to 
the east of John Safford's farm and built his house on the 
Marlow road about one half mile from the centre village. 
He died while yet a young man, leaving a wife and several 
children. One son, Daniel, settled at the north-west of 
Millen's pond, and died there in old age, and a daughter, 
Lydia, married Mr. John Shedd, and was the mother of 
Miss Sarah Shedd, the donor of the free town Library. 

Benjamin Babcock it is supposed came from Harvard, 
Massachusetts. He lived on land belonging to John Saf- 
ford. He died leaving no descendants. 



24 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

William and John Steele were from Amherst, New 
Hampshire. They lived on the mountain road. William 
fell from his horse into the brook near his house and was 
drowned. 

The Archibald White farm was situated to the north- 
west of the Safford property, and where the house first 
stood was the finest situation in town for the prospect 
afforded. After the building of the second New Hamp- 
shire turnpike the house was moved to that thoroughfare, 
where Deacon Farwell kept "tavern", and where it still 
stands a conspicuous object from a distance, and known 
for the past seventy years as the "Fisher place." It re- 
quired a team of eighty-five yoke of oxen to remove the 
building, on a descending grade all the way. Mr. White 
was Col. Kidder's agent in the new township and was a 
prominent and influential man in those times. It was 
through his influence that the name of Camden was 
changed to Washington. 

Thomas P'arvvell came from Groton, Massachusetts, 
and bought the Archibald White place in 1780. Deacon 
Farwell was a descendant of one of the oldest families in 
New England, well known since their first settlement in 
Concord, Massachusetts. 

John Healy came here about the year 1778. He came 
from Newton, Massachusetts, and settled on the north 
Stoddard road near the line dividing the towns, occupying 
an elevated situation, and having an extensive view of the 
surrounding country. He was an influential citizen, and 
held the different offices in this town. The Healys were 
granted the same marks of respect in Massachusetts that 
they afterwards received in Washington. 

John Seaton came here from Amherst, New Hamp- 
shire. He was a native of Ireland, and first settled in this 
country at Boxfoiid, Massachusetts. His family were of 
Scotch origin, and were compelled to leave Scotland on 






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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 2$ 

account of adhering to the cause of the Stewarts in some 
civil war. He came to this town in 1787 and died in 1793. 

Among the well known citizens of Washington was 
"Squire Penniman," who was always ready to help a 
good cause with money and a kind word. He loaned the 
town one hundred pounds to help build the meeting house, 
and willed a sum of money for the benefit of the public 
schools. Mr. Penniman was at the capture of Quebec, 
and brought back a hatchel or flax comb which is now in 
the possession of Mr. Charles Lowell. 

Ebenezer Wood came from Littleton, Massachusetts, 
and took up his abode in the mountain neighborhood. 
He became the possessor of a good farm and the father 
of a large family of children. He is remembered as an 
energetic man and good citizen. He held various town 
ofifices and was generally known as Lieut. Wood. 

John Vose was from Milton, Massachusetts, belonging 
to an ancient and extensive family in that town. He chose 
for his home a farm on the south side of Lovevvell's 
mountain, where he continued to reside until his death. 
Mr. Vose was chosen deacon of the church and was a 
prominent man among his fellow citizens. 

There are other names doubtless equally honorable ; we 
have been obliged to use material that came to hand. 
These men and a succeeding generation have passed away, 
and left but slight record of their lives and deeds ; that 
they builded well we know from the results that followed 
their labors. 

"Like leaves on the trees the race of man is found, 

Xow green in youth, noAV withering on the ground : 

Another race the following spring supplies, 

They fall successive, and successive rise : 

So generations in their course decay, 

So flourish these, wlien those have passed away." 



CHAPTER IV. 



SETTLEMENT OF EAST WASHINGTON. 

Village of East Washington. First Settlers. Some Early Residents. 




IHE village of East Washington is situated in the 
eastern part of the town near the Hillsborough 
and Bradford lines, and it is separated from the 
larger portion of the town by Lovewell's mountain and 
the ridge of hills that extend from that mountain towards 
the south. It is pleasantly located in a valley at the foot 
of the mountain, and has a delightful view of that and 
other hills. Two small streams, one from Island pond 
and the other from Ayer's pond, unite here and form a 
branch of the Contoocook. 

The first settlers on this side of the mountain were 
Charles Brown, who lived on the Simon Jones place, Dea. 
William Graves and Capt. Jonathan Brockway. Dea. 
Graves came from Sudbury, Massachusetts, and first built 
a log house near where the rake shop now stands, in the 
field owned by Arthur Severance, and afterwards built the 
house owned in later years by John Severance, and which 
was taken down in 1880. That house it is supposed was 
the first one built in the place. Mr. Graves was at the 
battle of Bunker Hill, and soon after the war came to 
this place. At that time the mountain was infested with 
bears, and the family were often aroused from their slum- 
bers to drive away the unwelcome visitants. The name 




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of Graves was, until within a few years, prominent in this 
community, and there are some of Dea. Graves' descend- 
ants still living here, none, however, who bear his name. 

Capt. Jonathan Brockway came here from the neigh- 
borhood of Milieu's pond, and built a saw-mill on the site 
now occupied by Mason H. Carr, and a house in the mill- 
yard. The original house was torn down, and another 
built on the same spot, and that house was taken away in 
the year 1884. Mr. Brockway was from Lyme, Connecti- 
cut, on Long Lsland sound, had been a sea captain, and 
came to this town because he desired that his children 
should escape the inducements to lead a sea-faring life 
that surrounded them in that place. He gave a deed of 
the farm now owned by George W. Carr to his son, who 
was known as Jonathan, 2nd, in the year 1787. This son 
was married to Mary Proctor, Feb. 24, 1789, and he and 
his wife proceeded to pass their honey moon in the woods, 
making maple sugar. They built a temporary house on 
their farm, Mrs. Brockway assisting her husband in the 
work of building. In 18 12, Mr. Brockway built the large 
venerable looking house which now stands on the same 
place. His wife, Mrs. Mary Brockway, lived and died 
here at the age of one hundred and one years. 

Caleb Carr, who married their daughter, now lives 
with his son in the same house, and is ninety-three years 
of age, Mr. Carr first settled on the place now owned 
by Alvah Davis, and a portion of the house that he built 
there is still standing. 

Charles Brown settled on what is now called the 
Simon Jones place, and he owned all the land south of 
the pond as far as the road leading up the hill from the 
village. The remaining part of the land which now 
comprises this village was, in the early years of its settle- 
ment, owned by Dea. Graves, Capt. Brockway and Dea. 
John Fish. Mr. Fish owned the easterly portion, next to 



28 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

the Hillsborough line, and built the house where Hiram 
J. Gage now lives. Mr. Graves owned the land on the 
north side of the mill-pond, and as far west as to what is 
now the farm of Mr. George W. Carr. These farms have 
been mostly sold for building lots, only a small portion of 
them being retained with the homestead buildings. 

The Woodward family from Bellingham, Massachu- 
setts, were one of the first families to settle here. They 
first lived near Oak Hill in the southerly part of the town. 
In this neighborhood lived Joseph Crane, Sen., who came 
from Milton, Massachusetts. He had a large family of 
children, and many of his descendants are still living in 
this town. His son, Mr. Ziba Crane, has recently died at 
the advanced age of eighty-nine years. 

Abijah Monroe came here in 1808 and lived on the 
farm afterwards owned by his son and at the present time 
by a grandson. One of his daughters, Mrs. Rebecca 
Spaulding, still lives in the village, in the house built by 
her husband, Mr. Gardner Spaulding. Mr. Monroe pur- 
chased his farm of Rufus Severance, and paid him in sil- 
ver dollars. Mr. Severance came from New Ipswich with 
his father, Ephraim Severance, who was one of the first 
settlers in town, and many of whose descendants still live 
in this vicinity. 

Moses Jones built the house which was afterwards the 
home of his son, Simon W. Jones, and which is still in 
the possession of the family, in the year 1830. Mr. 
Jones had a large family of children, nearly all of whom 
have lived in this neighborhood. A son and daughter 
and other descendants of Moses Jones are still living 
here. 

David Lincoln came here from Bedford, New Hamp- 
shire, in 1802, and lived during the remainder of his life 
on the place now owned by James A. Crane, which was 
first cleared by Rufus Brockway. Isaac N. Gage received 
the farm from Mr. Lincoln, and lived on it many years. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 2g 

Mr. Gage was a native of Wilton, one of a family of nine 
children, all but two of whom have resided in this part of 
the town, some of them for many years, and a younger 
brother only for a brief period of time. This has been 
one of our most respected families, and is still well rep- 
resented here in some of its descendants. 

The Proctors, the Baileys and Nathaniel Gordon 
were^^influential men in their day, but their names only 
live in memory, or are transmitted in some few of their 
descendants who are still living. We can relate but little 
with regard to their lives, only hoping to correctly trace 
their genealogies. 



CHAPTER V. 



FIRST MEETING HOUSE, 

Building Meeting- House. Committees chosen. Timber, wlien cut. 
Price of materials for building. Workmen's wages. Outside 
house finislied. IJxpense of nieetings of the conmiittee. House 
raising. Completion and appearance of the house. Ijiquor drink- 
ins: habit. 




ASHINGTON had now become fairly started in 
the world as an independent town organization ; 
the centre of the town had begun to be a place 
of some importance as something of a village had been 
built there, and it was now decided to build the Meeting 
House for which provisions had been made in the town 
charter. Aug., 1785, chose Dea. Jaquith, Capt. Lemuel 
Tabor, Samuel Draper, Col. Woods and Maj. Davis, to 
be a committee to bring in a draft of a meeting house. 
Sept., same year, voted to accept the draft presented, and 
also voted at this time to sell the pews at vendue and 
take securities of the purchasers for materials to be used 
in constructing the house. 

A committee had been chosen by the town consisting 
of Thomas Penniman, Ephraim Davis, Ebenezer Wood, 
Jonathan Brockway, John Safford, Joseph Rounsevel, 
Ebenezer Jaquith, Wm. Proctor, David Danforth, Samuel 
Draper, and Church Tabor, to procure materials for build- 
ing the house. The committee met for the first time 
Aug. 21, 1786. They voted that there be a book procured 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 3 1 

to record all matters transacted in said committee. The 
expense of this meeting was 2S. 6d. and they adjourned to 
Sept. 4. At that meeting they voted "that all the hewing 
timber should be cut in the old of the moon 'in Septem- 
ber and October.' That the windows shall be glazed 
with seven by nine glass, forty squares in each window. 
That Church Tabor shall make the window frames at 4s. 
a frame, and the sashes at 2^d. a square." 

On the 4th of Dec, 1786, the committee met and chose 
Ebenezer Jaquith, Ephraim Davis, John Safford, a sub- 
committee to procure the under-pinning stones. They 
also voted "that ten-penny nails shall be delivered in Wash- 
ington at I2S. a thousand, and eight-pvenny at los. and 
four-penny at 6s. and good N. E. rum at 3s. a gallon." 

At the next meeting of the building committee they 
voted "that one-third part of the cash articles be allowed 
to the purchasers of pews for their transporting said ar- 
ticles to the committee, and to be endorsed on their lum- 
ber notes. Likewise the articles at their prime cost at 
Boston be endorsed on their notes." 

In May, 1787, the committee met and decided that the 
first-class men for framing, namely : Church Tabor and 
Joseph Tabor, should be paid 6s. per day; the second class, 
such as are carpenters, should have 5s.; and the third class, 
raw hands, 4s. a day, they finding themselves. That each 
purchaser of pews shall procure and deliver two lbs. flax 
by the 5th of May, one shilling per lb. on his cash note. 
That Dea. Jaquith shall have nine shillings a week for 
boarding carpenters. Wheat and other kinds of grain, 
good maple sugar at 8 pence per. lb. and other articles 
were to be brought to the committee instead of money. 
Bricks used for the underpinning were furnished by dif- 
ferent men. Certain individuals were cJiosen to raise the 
frame. 

In Sept., 1787, a committee was chosen to see that the 



32 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

body of the house should be "boarded and done work- 
manlike." Contract was made with John Safford to fur- 
nish the lumber for the galleries at 15s. per thousand and 
with others to furnish black birch plank, fifteen inches 
wide and three thick, at 9s. a hundred, all timber to be the 
best of stuff. Church Tabor was to make the pillars to 
support the galleries. 

Feb., 1788, agreed with Goodhue Farley that he was to 
finish the outside of the house for £ 8. "to be done work- 
manlike, he to find himself and be paid in neat stock, or 
rye, or flour." The expense of this meeting was 3s. for 
one qt. rum furnished by Capt. Brockway, one qt. rum 
from Esq. Rounsevel and one lb. sugar from Capt. Proctor. 
The expense of a meeting held March, 1788, was "i pt. 
new rum and sugar to sweeten the same." Other meet- 
ings were held to settle for timber and choose a committee 
to sell the pews in the gallery ; and they decided to sell 
them at public vendue ; to be paid for, one half in one 
year's time, in rye at 4s. a bushel, or in neat cattle at an 
equivalent price. The other half to be paid in two years. 
The total value of the pews in the house was set at £817 
1 6s. od. At the meeting of the different committees a 
quantity of rum was usually provided by some member 
of the committee to be paid for by the town. Thus did 
our fathers seek to enliven the details of an exceedingly 
dry subject, and warm themselves up to the arduous un- 
dertaking they had engaged in. 

At this time there was no adequate currency in circu- 
lation, and the resources of this town, as well as the whole 
country, had been crippled by the war, and provisions and 
materials for constructing the house were taken in place 
of money. It is not known just when the house was 
completed, the first sum appropriated not being suffi- 
cient for that purpose. Meanwhile it was used by the 
town for its annual meetings, and for a place of religious 
worship by the church of the "standing order," and other 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 33 

societies which were organized within a few years after 
it was built. 

Miss Shedd, in a poem, narrates the circumstances at- 
tending the raising of the meeting house and one would 
judge from her statement that it was a day of festivity 
and pleasure. The raising was conducted by a Mr. Cum- 
mings who must have been in the habit of boasting of his 
skill for he is reported to have said, 

''That every joint he ever framed 
He knew would pinch a hair."" 

On that occasion a large quantity of New England rum 
was provided by the town ; tubs of home-made beer were 
drank, and a large quantity of pies, puddings, baked beans, 
and loaves of brown bread were eaten by the jovial, hun- 
gry crowd. A junk bottle followed the last rafter to its 
place and was there drained of the last drop, by whom 
history saith not. 

The custom of rum drinking was more generally prac- 
ticed then than at the present time, but it is by no means 
certain that drunkenness prevailed to any greater extent 
than it does now. The liquor drank then has the reputa- 
tion of being of a better quality than that of later years, 
and it is possible that the constitutions of our fore -fathers 
could endure stimulation better than those of the present 
generation. Temperance societies and the advocates of 
total abstinence were unknown one hundred years ago ; 
it was not until about the year 1826 that the restraining 
influence of total abstinence movement began to check 
the evil growth of the monster intemperance, which with 
the increase of population, and more lavish habits of the 
people, might have attained much greater proportions 
than it now has. 

When completed the Town House was considered a 
structure of considerable elegance. Being of large size, 



34 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

and standing on an elevated site, the roof painted Spanish 
brown, it was a conspicuous object at some distance in 
the surrounding country. In the interior with its broad 
aisles, its lofty pulpit, painted gallery front, with carved 
wood ornaments, it was imposing in its style, and 
highly satisfactory to those who had planned and built 
the structure. 



CHAPTER VI. 



TRAKSCRIPT OF ROADS. 




TRANSCRIPT of roads made in 1773 is as fol- 
lows : "A transcript of roads in Camden, to wit, 
beginning at the south side of Camden on Lim- 
erick line, near Mr. William Steel's land, running north- 
wardly to the mills, thence northwardly to Esqr. Kidder's 
house, near Mr. Daniel Taylor's, on the west side of the 
mill-pond, thence eastwardly to Mr. John Safford's house, 
thence northwardly to Mr. Robert Mann's. Another road 
taken from the mill-pond about eighty poles south-east of 
the mills, running north-eastwardly and north, on the east 
side of said mill-pond, to said Safford's ; one branch of 
the road taken from the road north of Mr. White's house, 
running eastwardly to Mr. William Steel's farm, lying on 
Lovewell's mountain, so called ; another branch from the 
road near Mr. Safford's, running easterly to Mr. Abner 
Sampson's house ; another branch taken from the road 
near Mr. Josiah Proctor's dwelling place, running east- 
wardly to Mr. James Maxwell's house ; another branch 
taken from on Mr. Safford's land, running to the mill- 
pond ; another branch taken from the road west of Mr. 
Safford's, running northwardly to Mr. Jacob Burkank's, 
thence north to Mr. Merrill's ; another branch taken from 
the mills, to Mr. Abraham Estabrook's house." A large 



36 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

part of this transcript is sufficiently clear though mere 
than a hundred years has passed since it was made out. 
The mill-pond is at present known as Milieu's pond. 
John Safford's place is still occupied by his descendants. 
Jacob Burbank's house is standing on the road leading 
from the Marlow to the Lempster road. 

From this description it seems that Milieu's pond was 
the nucleus around which the infant settlement gathered. 
On the back of the transcript we find the following rec- 
ord : "Ten voted that there should be nine shillings raised 
on each right for to repair roads in said town : allowed 
three shillings a day from the last of April to the first of 
November, from thence two pistareens." Eleven voted 
to raise a sum of money to cut out Lempster road. From 
this we infer that there was no highway by which the 
inhabitants of Camden could reach their neighbors on the 
west. East Washington was then a wilderness, and bears 
rushed down from the mountain and roamed unmolested 
through the valley where the village now stands. 

At a town meeting held March, 1777, a vote was passed 
that the selectmen be empowered to lay out roads in this 
town, and to bring in a transcript in order to have it re- 
corded ; and also voted that forty pounds be raised and 
laid out on the roads in that year. The price of men's 
labor was now set at 4s. 6d. from April to September, and 
from that time to the end of the year, 3s. 

The next ro.;d accepted was in 1778 and was described 
as follows: "Beginning at the house of Timothy Mclntire, 
running southerly by William Steel's, thence down the 
road as it is now trod to Israel Keyes' and Josiah Davis' 
land, thence on the line between Tabor and Lowell, thence 
on the east side of Half Moon pond, thence across Philip 
and Joseph Tabor's land to the bridge over Long pond 
brook." The line of this road is clearly indicated as that 
of the mountain district. A branch from this was also 
accepted, "beginning at Thomas White's, west of Steel's 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 37 

land, thence running southerly over John Farnsworth's 
land into the above mentioned road." A road was also 
laid out by Robert Mann's, beginning at Mr. Tubbs' land, 
southerly into the road leading through the town : this is 
a part of the Goshen road. 

In the year 1778 voted to accept a road "leading 
through the town, beginning at Campbell's Gore, running 
westerly over Ashuelot river to Lempster, near as the 
road is now trod." 

In 1778 the town voted to raise two hundred and fifty 
pounds to be expended on the roads. 

In 1780 the following roads were accepted : "one lead- 
ing from Abner Sampson's to Archibald White's, and so 
on to Mr. Mann's and old Mr. Lowell's to Lempster." 
Also one leading from Simon Chamberlain's to Abner 
Sampson's. This was the eastern part of the North Stod- 
dard road. 

In 1 78 1 a road was accepted leading westerly from near 
Supply Barney's to the first little brook in Atkinson's 
land. This must have been in the south-west part of the 
town bordering on Stoddard and Marlow. In the same 
year the present South Stoddard road was accepted by 
the town. 

In 1785 a road was accepted which is described as fol- 
lows : "Beginning at the road near Col. Kidder's north 
house, and running west, thence south, thence north-west- 
erly and westerly, till it gets round the north end of the 
hill, thence west about twenty-five degrees south, over 
Ashuelot river to Marlow line." This was, without doubt, 
the present Marlow road. 

In 1786 a road beginning on the main road before 
Aaron Wilson's house, thence leading easterly to Stephen 
Mead's house, was accepted. This must have been a 
branch road leading from the Stoddard road to the Mead 
place. Also another road beginning at the north-west 
corner of William Steele's farm, leading to the north- 



38 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

eastern section of the town bordering on Bradford and a 
corner of Sunapee. 

Some short roads were laid out in this year in the same 
section of the town, which are now discontinued, and 
hardly remembered, or to be recognized when described. 

In 1786 a road was laid out beginning at the Hills- 
borough line by land of Elijah Fisk. That was the main 
road leading through East Washington to the mountain 
road, as it was then run through the farm of Gardner 
Spaulding and others, a little north of the present road, 
until it reached the corner where the Bradford road now 
meets the main road. 

In 1787 a road was accepted beginning at the road by 
Mr. John Vose's, through lands of Col. Kidder, Eben 
Jaquith, William Everett, Moses Bacon, and William 
Graves, a little north of Capt. Brockway's saw-mill, to the 
road before laid out leading to Hillsborough. This is 
evidently the old mountain road leading towards East 
Washington — just where it met the road leading from 
Elijah Fisk's land near Hillsborough line is not definitely 
known. 

In 1790 a bridle road beginning near Ebenezer Wood's 
house, running westerly to the ford over Long pond brook, 
thence westerly to Samuel Twist's house — for the benefit 
of Twist and his heirs — he obliging himself to maintain 
two gates or handy pair of bars on each side Wood's land. 

A road was laid out in 1793 beginning near where 
James Leslie's house formerly stood, by Freezeland pond, 
thence south-west to the county road near where Joseph 
Farnsworth formerly lived. 

Nov., 1795, a road beginning at the bridge near the 
north line of James Herring's land, thence easterly to 
Long pond brook, thence on the west side of said brook 
to the north end of David Leslie's lower meadow, thence 
easterly across the brook to the road leading from Joseph 
Farnsworth's to Samuel Philbrick's. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 39 

The road from the mill yard in East Washington, over 
the bridge, up the hill to Hillsborough line, was laid out 
in 1800. A road from the school-house to Caleb Wood- 
ward's was accepted the same year. The next year a 
road was laid out from the mill yard, "to a stake and 
stones about one rod south of Elijah Fisk's north-west 
corner, thence to a stake and stones in Fisk's north line, 
thence on Fisk's line where the road is now trod about 
thirty rods, where it intersects the road already laid out." 

The second New Hampshire Turnpike was built in the 
year 1800. 

In 1802 two roads were laid out, one leading from 
Joseph Farnsworth's to the turnpike, to be a bridle road 
for two years, then an open road. Another beginning at 
Stoddard line in the south-easterly part of the town, run- 
ning through land of Joshua Blanchard and William Bell, 
to the old County road. 

. In 1808 the following roads were accepted. One from 
David Lincoln's to the Abijah Monroe place ; also from 
David Tabor's, afterwards the Charles Jones place, to the 
Hillsborough line ; also a road from the house of Eben- 
ezer Wood, Jr., south to the Croydon turnpike ; also a 
road from the meeting house to the Stoddard line. 

The old Bradford road from the line between that town 
and Washington, leading to the corner near the Meth- 
odist church, was laid out in 18 17; also the same year a 
road from Russell's mills to Marlow, and voted to discon- 
tinue the old road after January, 18 18. 

A road from Charles Jones' to the turnpike was laid 
out in 1820 — to be a bridle path till 1823 ; and on the ist 
of Nov., 1823, it became a public highway. 

The road leading from the mountain road, near Mr. 
Weld D. Proctor's house, through the New Boston neigh- 
borhood was laid out in 1834. The road from near the 
residence of S. E. Jones, Esq., to the Hillsborough line 
was laid out in 1843. 



40 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

A toll gate was established on the Croydon turnpike in 
the north part of the town, of which John May was for a 
long time the keeper. The company that constructed 
this road continued its control for about thirty years, 
when it was given up, and the town assumed the support 
of it. The phrase "as the road is now trod," explains the 
manner in which the course of the roads was selected in 
the first place. As the people passed from each others' 
dwellings, and eventually from one neighborhood of set- 
tlers to another, they formed footpaths in the easiest or 
most natural direction, which soon became bridle paths, 
and then the common highway. Some of the transcripts 
here recorded are at least obscure ; some not recognizable ; 
and it is supposed that in some instances the roads have 
been discontinued, or changed somewhat in their courses, 
so that it is impossible to tell what road is indicated. The 
larger part of the transcripts are, however, so plain that 
it is thought that no error has been made in locating the 
present course of the road mentioned. 

It has been said that the condition of the highways 
indicate the degree of culture that the community through 
which they pass has attained. We think our town has 
not been remiss in the expenditure of money for improv- 
ing the roads, and considering the hilly and rocky nature 
of the lands traversed by our roads, it must be conceded 
that they at least compare favorably with those of adjoin- 
ing towns. It is to be hoped that no retrograde move- 
ment will be made, but that perhaps sometime ornament 
will be considered as well as utility, and as far as is practi- 
cable, our roadsides will be transformed from unsightly 
hedges, into neatly kept borders. 




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CHAPTER VII. 



PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND BOUNDARY LINES. 

Physical Geography. General scenery. View from Lovewell's Mt. 
Situation of centre village. Longitude and Latitude. Height of 
Mountain and other portions of the town. Prospect from these 
elevations. Original size and form of the town. Boundary lines. 
Water-shed between the Connecticut and Merrimac rivers. Ashue- 
lot river. Other streams. Ponds in Washington. Forests, Sur- 
face, soil, productions, climate. Boundary dispute between Wash- 
ington and Marlow. 




HE scenery of Washington is similar to that of a 
large portion of New Hampshire. It has the 
same diversity of hill and vale, meadow and 
woodland, and the additional charm which so many beau- 
tiful ponds cannot fail to give to the landscape. 

The scene presented to the view as one stands on the 
summit of Lovewell's mountain is indescribably beauti- 
ful. A description has been given elsewhere of the more 
distant features of this view, written by one who has 
travelled in many different parts of the country, and is of 
the opinion that the beauty of the scenery in and around 
Washington is not often excelled. The prospect nearer to 
the mountains is no less pleasing. One can count fifteen 
ponds and nearly all of them in Washington. Reed's, 
and Fisher's hills rise in the south-west, and farther on to 
the south and west, we have a delightful view of the 
farm-house, the meadow, and the pleasant valley, and the 
waving forests of this town, and in every direction the 
more distant hills rise like an amphitheatre enclosing the 



42 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

beautiful scene spread out around US. The village of East 
Washington lies at the foot of the mountain on the east, 
and as the traveller follows the old mountain road, some- 
times with a steep ascent and again through a little valley, 
winding about through a cluster of trees, and then an 
open space, he catches glimpses of the village with its 
white cottages, and church spires, and the surrounding 
hills, which one who enjoys nature's beautiful pictures 
cannot fail to appreciate. 

The village at the centre of the town is situated "on 
the summit of the ridge which forms the water-shed be- 
tween the Merrimac and Connecticut rivers. Its altitude 
is twelve hundred feet above the level of the sea. Upon 
one of its outlying hills is the residence of Mr. Joseph 
Safford, from whose roof on one side the water drops into 
Millen's pond, leading into the Ashuelot river, and from 
the other side into a tributary of the Merrimac, during 
every storm." 

Having so elevated a situation, the air is cool and invig- 
orating ; and many tourists visit this locality every sum- 
mer to enjoy the health giving breezes, and delightful 
scenery. Several roads diverge in different directions 
from the main street, and afford pleasant drives over the 
hills and by the substantial farm houses. 

The town house, built one hundred years ago, stands 
here, and is still a handsome building, an honor to the 
town and an ornament to the village. The Library build- 
ing, and Soldiers' monument, also add an interest to this 
locality and increase its attractiveness. 

The latitude of the summit of Lovewell's mountain 
as determined by the U. S. Coast Survey, is 43 degrees, 
12 minutes, u seconds; the longitude, 72 degrees, 3 
minutes, 42 seconds west from Greenwich. The height 
of the mountain, determined by the aneroid barometer, 
at the time the Coast Survey had a signal station on the 
mountain, is 2487 feet. The altitude of the centre vil- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 43 

lage is 1 290 feet; that of the high land west of the vil- 
lage on the Mario w road 1463 feet. West of the Ash- 
uelot river after it crosses the town line from Lempster 
into Washington it is 1500 feet. On the Marlow road 
there are views of surpassing interest. From the house 
of Joseph Safford there is an enchanting prospect. The 
scene viewed from a point west of the residence of Jabez 
Fisher near the spot where the first house on the farm 
was built, is of almost matchless beauty; the valley with 
the village resting in its bosom, seen through the trees, 
the valley still sloping downward to the level of the 
stream, with the adjuncts that compose the picture, de- 
light the eye as few others can. Farther to the west at a 
still higher elevation, near the house of James Farnsworth, 
a much more extensive prospect presents itself, giving a 
wider sweep to the eye at all points of ^ the compass. 

The dimensions of the original grant of the township 
given by the Masonian proprietors, were eight miles in 
the general direction of north and south, and six miles, 
east and west. Changes effected in those lines, on ac- 
count of the grants secured by other towns, left the shape 
of Washington far different from that of the parallel- 
ogram suggested by the numerals six and eight. Wash- 
ington is bounded on the southern part of its western 
line by Marlow, and from the north-east corner of Marlow 
by Lempster, which extends east beyond Marlow, making 
an angle in the western boundary of Washington. From 
this angle the line runs north-east until it reaches Goshen. 
From that point the line runs east to Bradford. It ex- 
tended originally two or three miles from this point into 
Bradford, making a narrow gore between Washington 
and Sunapee, which gore now belongs to Bradford. From 
the north-east corner of Washington, the line takes a south- 
erly direction along the west side of Bradford, before it 
reaches its extreme southern limit, touching three coun- 
ties at one point. Bradford extends along about half 



44 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

the length of the eastern boundary, making an angle till 
Hillsborough is reached, which juts its north-west corner 
more than a mile beyond Bradford into what was the 
original grant of Washington, making nearly a right an- 
gle. From this angle the line runs on the west line of 
Hillsborough until it reaches Windsor, where it forms 
another angle and runs southerly on the east line of 
Windsor until it reaches the original north line of Stod- 
dard. On this line it runs north and west until it reaches 
the north-west corner of Stoddard and the south-western 
corner of Washington. 

The south line lying on Stoddard seems to be unchang- 
ed, but all the others are widely variant from the original 
boundaries, the changes on the east and west, making the 
north line but little more than one half its original length. 
Had the original shape been retained, the west line would 
have included all of Ashuelot river and a mile or two be- 
yond it. The east line would have extended two or three 
miles into what is now Bradford, and would have cut off 
the jutting angle of Hillsborough. 

The water-shed between the Connecticut and Merri- 
mac rivers passes in a longitudinal direction through 
the entire territory of the town a little west of its centre. 
This line d6es not follow the highest elevation of land 
in its vicinity but is determined by the depth, and course 
of the valleys which furnish the channels for the water. 
The outlying spurs of the Sunapee range on the north 
line of the town, form the beginning of the water-shed. 
Then comes Jones' hill and Reed's hill, whence the line 
passes over the farm of Jabez Fisher, and that of Joseph 
Safford and H. B. Millen; over Oak hill and the high 
land where the Stoddard line crosses. 

On the western slope of this ridge the Ashuelot, a dash- 
ing and impetuous stream that collects the waters of the 
hills from many brooks and small ponds, as it flows through 
wood and meadow, takes its rise in the north-western part 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 45 

of the town, whence it flows through one small pond near 
the town line, then through North pond, and thence to 
May pond, which is often regarded as its source. From 
this pond it flows south-westerly until it crosses the line 
into Lempster, through which it proceeds a distance of two 
or three miles and then again crosses the line into Wash- 
ington, and passes through three small ponds, and finally 
enters the Ashuelot pond, and from thence nearly west 
into Marlow. This river in its course to the Connecticut, 
which it enters at Hinsdale, has a fall of one thousand 
feet, and is one of the most important rivers of its size in 
the state with regard to power for manufactories of va- 
rious kinds. Ashuelot is an Indian word signifying "the 
gathering of the waters." 

The waters of the eastern section of the town seek the 
Merrimac through the channel of the Contoocook. 

"And on it glides through grove and glen, 
Dark woodlands and the homes of men." 

The stream generally known as Long pond brook has 
its source in the northern limits of the town on the Goshen 
border, surrounded by the dense forests that have always 
covered that part of the town. The stream, small at the 
outset, receiving a brook from Frog pond on the west, 
flows nearly south, by Collins' saw-mill, and down the val- 
ley until it reaches Half Moon pond, through that pond, 
and still on by Water street, furnishing the motive power 
to the machinery in operation there, then pursuing its 
way through pleasant meadow and thick woods until it 
enters the waters of Long pond. The stream from Long 
pond passes on to South Stoddard, where it finds Island 
pond, and turning a corner, sweeps to the north-east, 
through Antrim, where it takes the name of North Branch, 
into Hillsborough, joining the Contoocook west of Hills- 
borough Bridge. 

Island pond, in our town, sends a tributary of the Con- 



46 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

toocook through the village of East Washington where it 
unites with a small stream from Ayer's pond, and passes 
on through Hillsborough, uniting with the North Branch 
in that town, and with that flowing into the Contoocook. 
Another stream from Smith's pond unites with this stream 
in Hillsborough. 

The Ashuelot and Contoocook thus bear away the sur- 
plus waters of this town and help to constitute those 
mightier streams, the Connecticut and Merrimac, that 
are the source of so much wealth to the state. 

There are twenty-seven ponds situated in Washington, 
the largest of which is Long pond, lying partly in this 
town and terminating at Mill Village in Stoddard. It is 
six miles in length, and from three to one hundred and 
seventy rods in width. 

Ashuelot pond is next in size, said to contain between 
three and four hundred acres. It is the principal supply- 
ing source of the Ashuelot river. 

Half Moon pond is a beautiful sheet of water lying 
near the foot of Lovewell's mountain on the south-west- 
erly side. Many pleasure seekers encamp on its pleasant 
shore each season, seeking rest from toil and care. 

Island pond, which is situated in a hollow of the ridge 
that runs southward from Lovewell's, nearly at the foot of 
the mountain, is a lovely pond, interspersed with numer- 
ous small islands that rise abruptly from its dark waters. 
It has its source in the mountain springs, and the water 
is clear and cool. Milieu's pond may be called equally 
beautiful, and so may each of the other smaller sheets of 
water; the scenery around each one varying so that they 
all present many attractive features, and are all beautiful 
and picturesque in their situations and surroundings. 
The names of the larger of these ponds are Bacon, May, 
North, Freezeland, Ayer, Smith, Bear, Fletcher, Hedge- 
hog, Barney, Barden, Vickery and Frog ponds. 

These waters are much visited by sportsmen, and large 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 47 

quantities of fish are taken from them each year. Beside 
those kinds usually found in such ponds, some of our 
bodies of water have been stocked with black bass and 
land locked salmon. 

The first settlers in this town found it covered with the 
primeval growth of trees, excepting on the ridges of some 
of the hills, and a part of the rich meadow lands in the 
vicinity of Long pond. The woodlands have been cleared 
mostly, yet there still remain forests of considerable 
extent. The largest of these is an unbroken tract of 
dense growth, extending from the Bradford line on the 
east, along the Goshen line on the north, and westerly 
towards Lempster. In the dark thickets wild animals of 
the harmless varieties remain undisturbed by the hunter, 
and the wild bees hide their honey in the recesses of the 
trees. Many years ago Dea. Thomas Farwell secured 
from one tree about three hundred pounds of their de- 
licious hoard. Another portion of land which has never 
been cleared extends from the Stoddard line, by Long 
pond and the Long pond stream as far as Island pond. 
This includes hundreds of acres. Still another lies on 
the Ashuelot river and follows its course through the 
town, the green meadow in some places bordering on the 
stream, and contrasting beautifully in its light shade with 
the dark hue of the evergreen forests. 

The surface of Washington is broken with many hills 
and valleys, and small streams, and ponds of various sizes, 
diversify and beautify the landscape. The soil is deep, 
moist, and rocky, requiring much toil in cultivation, but 
amply repaying the tiller for his labor, in the return of 
good crops, and it is not easily worn out or exhausted. 
Good crops of corn, potatoes, and such grains as are com- 
mon to this latitude are raised here ; and apples of a good 
quality, as well as large quantities of the smaller fruits, 
which grow naturally on the hills and newly cleared wood- 
lands. Blackberries in abundance, also raspberries and 



48 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

blueberries are gathered every year, and are becoming 
more esteemed and used, as each year brings round its 
gratuitous harvest. 

Our winters are long and the cold is severe. For nearly 
one-half the year we are obliged "to contend with frost 
and snow." 

"Too long her winter woods complain; 
From budding flower to falling leaf 
Her summer time is all too brief." 

"There is usually a great fall of snow, which is consid- 
ered a fertilizer of the soil. And the severity of the 
weather is by no means without its benefits ; the air is 
healthful and invigorating ; and many people come here 
every year to drink the "wine of our mountain air," and 
inhale the "iron of our northern winds." And if it is 
generally thought that New Hampshire is a good state to 
emigrate from, we must still claim that although our hills 
are rugged, and climate often severe, this portion of the 
state is a good place in which to remain. 

The inevitable dispute growing out of the difference 
between the straight and curve line as a boundary caused 
some trouble about the year 1775. All of Camden would 
have been outside of a straight line, and such a line would 
have given undisputed validity to the claims of Marlow 
and Lempster, which on the other hand had been settled 
and improved by men living under the grant given to 
Col. Kidder of the township of Camden. The curve line 
claimed by the givers of that grant passed to the west of 
Stoddard and Washington. March, 1776, a petition was 
sent to the general court asking for a decision from them. 
The following answer to the petition is given. 

"The committee of both houses on the petition of Mar- 
low, Stoddard and Camden, make report that upon mature 
consideration of said petition, they are of the opinion, the 
prayer thereof being to resolve whether there be a curve 
line or not, and to determine the jurisdiction of the grant 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 49 

of Marlow, it is out of the power of the committee on 
general Assembly to determine the jurisdiction of Marlow 
or to determine these disputes at present ; and is improp- 
er now to be brought under their consideration, and 
therefore they ought not to meddle in the matter. The 
committee think it advisable that each person in the dis- 
puted lines pay taxes to the respective towns or charters 
they settled under." This advice seems to have been 
followed for a while, but in 1778 trouble arose again from 
the curve line as the following petition shows. 

"To the Hon. Council and House of Representatives in 
Gen. Assembly convened. 

The petition of the freeholders and inhabitants of the 
town of Washington humbly shows that the township of 
Washington was laid out within the curve line of Mason's 
grant, and so they settled and made their farms, and con- 
tinued for a number of years in a quiet and peaceable 
manner, till the last tax went out from the state, when the 
selectmen of Marlow and Lempster thought proper to lay 
a tax on some part of the lands within the lines of the 
said Washington : therefore your petitioners pray that 
your honors would issue and order, that they may con- 
tinue to pay their taxes as heretofore they have done 
until the linfes which occasion the dispute between the 
town of Washington and Marlow and Lempster and many 
other towns in similar circumstances maybe settled by 
authority of the state, and our petitioners in duty bound 
shall ever pray. 

J. ROUNSEVEL, 

For the town of Washington." 

The House of Representatives and Council concurred 
in deciding that the owners of the disputed lands claimed 
by Marlow and Lempster, pay their taxes to the town of 
Washington until the title to the disputed lands should be 
settled. 



50 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

In 1787 an act was passed that the boundary line of no 
town should be changed in consequence of the determin- 
ation of Mason's line; and in 1790, the heirs of Allen 
made a compromise with the Masonian proprietors, by 
means of deeds of mutual quitclaim. That an attempt 
was made to dispossess some of the original settlers is 
evident from a petition sent to the legislature in 1793, 
signed by Abraham Estabrook, Samuel Lowell, Nathan 
Metcalf, Jacob Wright, William Proctor, Daniel Farns- 
worth, John Safford, Thomas Farwell, Jr., Francis Faxon, 
Thomas Penniman, Simon Lowell, Ebenezer Spaulding, 
Jacob Burbank, asking that they be allowed to retain 
lands that they had settled and improved; but it does not 
appear that the matter progressed farther, and it is sup- 
posed that some compromise was effected to the satisfac- 
tion of all concerned. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



LOVE WELL'S MOUNTAIN AND THE ORIGIN OF ITS NAME. 

Lovewell's Mountaia. Indian Tribes in New Hampshire. Indian 
Relics in Wasliiugton. Tlie Theory of Hon. Jolm H. Goodale with 
regard to tlie name of Lovewell's Mountain. 




RADITION has given a variety of reasons for the 
selection of Lovewell as the name by which our 
mountain is designated. The one with which 
we are all familiar, and the one which is generally thought 
to be the true reason, is that Capt. Lovewell, the Indian 
scout, when employed in wood cutting, near Island pond, 
was accosted by seven Indians, with the preliminary warn- 
ing from one or more of them, "me kill Lovewell !" The 
brave captain asked them to assist him in splittirlg a log 
before they executed their threat, which they kindly con- 
sented to do by inserting their hands in the cleft log. 
Lovewell suddenly removed the wedge and had them fast, 
and it became an easy matter for him to kill them all with 
his axe. This story, for obvious reasons, is not to be cred- 
ited. So remarkable an adventure would have been handed 
down to us in a more reliable form than mere tradition. 
A similar circumstance is said to have taken place in 
another part of the state. Another account locates the 
struggle between Lovewell and his foe at the centre of 
the town, near where the Congregational church now 
stands; still another, near Half Moon pond. Frederick 
Kidder, Esq., of Boston, who has written an account of 



52 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Capt. Lovewell's expeditions, says in his interesting narra- 
tive : "There is a traditional account of his attacking and 
killing seven Indians on Lovewell's Mountain in Wash- 
ington, which must be an error. The killing of seven 
Indians was an event that could not have been overlooked 
by the historian of that day, and a careful research in our 
printed and written documents of that period fails to show 
any authority for the story." The author was a grandson 
of Col. Reuben Kidder, and a man of extensive historical 
research. Whiton, in his History of New Hampshire, 
states that there is a tradition that Capt. Lovewell made 
an excursion into Sullivan county, for the purpose of ob- 
taining a view of the surrounding country, and discovered 
traces of the lurking foe. If he had ever made such an 
excursion it must have been previous to 1725, as he died 
in that year. 

Mr. Nathaniel D. Vose, whose grandfather was one of 
the early settlers of the town, states that a hunter by the 
name of Lovell once lived on the mountain, and, on snow- 
shoes, with his dog and gun, pursued three Indians, and 
after killing them, cut through the ice of Island pond and 
threw their bodies into the water ; and that the hunter af- 
firmed that their remains would be found on the melting 
of the ice in the spring. Many natural divisions of land 
and water derive their names from land owners or persons 
living in proximity to them, and it is possible that the 
name of Lovell became attached to the mountain from 
this early resident. Could this be proven the correct 
orthography of the name would be Lovell, instead of 
Lovewell, as it is generally written. 

No further account of this affair of the killing of In- 
dians, by the man Lovell, is given, and it does not seem 
likely ever to have taken place, from the fact that no In- 
dians were known to have lived here, or even to have 
made excursions into the town after it was settled in 
1768. It is not known that there was any Indian title to 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 53 

land included in No. 8, and but few traces of their occu- 
pation of the soil has been found. 

No "Owners and occupants of earlier dates 
From graves forgotten stretch their dusty hands, 
And hold in mortmain still their old estates." 

There are indications of wigwams on the Long pond 
stream, and also in the vicinity of the Ashuelot river, on 
land of Mr. Charles Lovell. Indian relics, such as arrow- 
heads, have been found on the farm of Mr. Alonzo Mar- 
shall. It is quite probable, that at a date prior to the set- 
tlement of this town, these wandering sons of the forest 
made excursions over these hills and followed up the 
streams, fishing from the ponds and hunting in the woods ; 
but there is no evidence that they ever lived here for any 
great length of time. 

The large tribe of the Penacooks occupied the lands on 
the Merrimac river ; and the Nashuas, near the mouth of 
that river, and the Souhegans, living on the rich intervals 
of the Merrimac, above and below the mouth of the 
Souhegan, and some other small tribes, whose names 
are unknown, were united into a confederacy with the 
Penacooks. 

This was the situation of the Indian tribes in Southern 
New Hampshire previous to King Phillip's war, which com- 
menced in 1675. After that war was over their condition 
was not changed, only as they gradually passed away, and, 
in a comparatively short time, they were unknown here ex- 
cepting in memory or by the "sweet Indian names" which 
they have left on mountain, lake and stream. 

This brief sketch of the situation of the Indian tribes 
in New Hampshire has been given as presenting some 
reason why the traditions of the destruction of Indians in 
Washington can not be relied upon. Each reader can 
decide for himself, whether to give credence to any of 
these legends of the past, or to accept the theory pre- 



54 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

sented by the Hon. John H. Goodale of Nashua, which 
is selected from a paper written by him for the Granite 
Monthly, in the year 1878. 

Mr. Goodale says, that Col. Moody D. Lovewell, then 
an aged man, informed him, that his grandfather the cel- 
ebrated scout, never had a fight with Indians in the vi- 
cinity of Lovewell's mountain, but that a kinsman of the 
Captain, when returning from an excursion into the Con- 
necticut valley, ascended the mountain to ascertain the 
points of the compass so as to find the direction of Duns- 
table, as Nashua was then called. "In the autumn of 1747, 
Nehemiah Lovewell and John Gibson starting from the 
present site of Nashua and following the Souhegan river as 
far as Milford and Wilton, turned to the north and crossed 
the height of land in the present limits of Stoddard; 
and on the fifth day arrived at Charlestown, the destined 
end of their journey. On the i6th of Nov., they started 
on their return, purposing to cross the highest point of 
land between the Connecticut and Merrimac, farther to 
the north than they had been before. On the fourth day, 
from a high ridge, they saw a high and naked summit, 
which they rightly judged was the height they were seek- 
ing. It was past mid-day when their dinner was finished. 
Walking with renewed strength they reached the base of 
the mountain, and while the sun was yet an hour high the 
two men reached the bald summit. Like all New Hamp- 
shire peaks, whose altitude approaches three thousand 
feet, the crest of the mountain was of solid granite. The 
two explorers had never looked on so wide and beautiful 
a panorama. Westward was the far distant outline of a 
range now known as the Green Mountains. To the north- 
west were the bald peaks of the Ascutney and Cardigan 
mountains. Further north Kearsarge was seen; and 
through the frosty atmosphere were revealed the snow 
white peaks of Franconia. Westward the highlands of 
Chester and Nottingham bouncjed the vision; while nearer, 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 55 

reposed in quiet beauty the Uncannoonucs, then well 
known landmarks to every explorer. 

Warned by the freezing atmosphere they hastened 
down to a dense growth of spruce trees, where they made 
their camp for-the night. The woods seemed alive with 
squirrels, rabbits and partridges ; but the hunters were 
weary, and, as their sacks were still laden with coon's 
meat, these visitors were left unharmed. The manner in 
which these wild tenants of the wood lingered around, 
led the men to believe that they had never before ap- 
proached a camp-fire or seen a human form. 

Just before day-break Lovewell, bidding his companion 
prepare breakfast, returned to the summit of the moun- 
tain. In after years he was wont to say, the stars had 
never seemed so near as when he stood alone on that 
mountain top. The loneliness of the scene suggested to 
him, what was probably the truth, that he and his compan- 
ion were the first white men who had set foot on the 
mountain." And the narrator further states, that it seems 
most likely that the name of Lovewell was given to the 
mountain at the time of this ascent, and by the explorer 
Lovewell, a relative of Capt. John Lovewell, who was 
killed by Indians in Fryeburg, Maine, in the year 1725. 



'<C 



CHAPTER IX. 



FLORA AND FAUNA. 




HF the evergreen trees we find here the spruce in 
three varieties — white, double and bald spruce ; 
hemlock in large quantities ; also fir balsam. 
White pine was quite plentiful and of large size many 
years ago, but all that is of any value for timber has been 
cut away, and now there are found here only trees of 
small size, and worth but little. 

The deciduous forest trees are more numerous, and 
consist of maple^white, red, and rock or sugar maple, from 
which sugar is made in large quantities each spring. The 
beech is a common tree though not as extensively found 
as the maple. The birch — white, black and yellow ; also 
three kinds of ash — the white and black or water ash and 
the mountain ash, which is occasionally seen and valued for 
its graceful foliage, and the beauty of its fruit in autumn. 
The American elm is found in the meadows along the 
streams, beautiful with its spreading branches, and is fre 
quently seen "rearing its stately form, and casting its 
deep shade over our pleasant homes." The red oak for- 
merly grew on Oak hill in abundance, but it is not as 
plentiful now. The poplar is quite common, the bass- 
wood found to some extent ; the cherry in three varieties — 
the wild red, the choke and the wild black cherry ; also 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 57 

the hornbeam, lever-wood, willow, mulberry and locust 
trees, and the sumach, besides other specimens that have 
been planted for ornament or use. 

The list of herbs includes the mints, pennyroyal, spike- 
nard (Aralia Racemoso), sarsaparilla (Aralia Nudicaulis), 
lobelia, cohosh or papoose root, elecampane, and doubtless 
others which have escaped our notice. 

Nature has bestowed the charm of the wild flower on 
our hills and through our valleys in as great a degree as 
is usual in a cold climate. 

"Everywhere about us they are glowing', 
Some like stars to tell us spring is born ; 

Others their blue eyes with tears o'erflowing, 
Stand like Ruth amid the golden corn." 

In the early spring, even before the snow has gone 
from the shady places on the north hillsides, and the 
shade of the woods, the liverwort or Hepatica shows its 
modest flower, varying in shade from blue to white ; 
about the same time the trailing arbutus (Epigasa Repeus) 
begins to put forth its pink buds, followed by the fragrant 
blossom ; then the violets come and deck the fields with a 
beauty ail their own — blue, white and yellow, but mostly 
blue. The wake-robin (Trillium) is an early flower. The 
dogs-tooth violet (yellow Erythronium) is rarely seen in 
this vicinity. The anemone or wind flower on the hills, 
and the strawberry, with its pretty blossom giving promise 
of luscious fruit in due season. The checkerberry, with 
its thick, shining leaves and scarlet fruit. The side-sad- 
dle flower (Cypripedium Acaule), the columbine (Aqui- 
legia Canadensis), are all early visitants. June brings the 
swamp pink (Azalea Vicosa), fragrant and beautiful ; and 
later on in the season the pond lily and the cardinal 
flower (Cardinalis Lobelia) and arrowhead (Sagitaria), the 
iris, also called blue flag, and, until the severe frosts of 



58 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

autumn, our hedges and roadsides are gay with the bloom 
of golden rod and asters. 

"Of plants that you call weeds : 

Sedge, hardback, nmllieu, yarrow, 
They knit their roots and sift their seeds, 
Where any grassy wheel-track leads 

Through country by-ways narrow." 

When our ancestors came to Washington, and the hills 
were almost entirely covered with forests, there were many 
wild animals here that have now left this part of the state, 
and retreated north to the mountainous regions and large 
tracts of woodland. Bears were so common that they 
caused much trouble to the owners of cattle and sheep. 
They often descended from Lovewell's, into the valley 
where the village of East Washington is now situated, 
and visited the farmer's cattle-yard or hog-pen. In the 
south-western part of the town a citizen, who had gained 
the rank of major, was once confronted by a bear which 
rose on its hind feet before him, whereupon he killed him 
with his gun, at the same time saying, "I'll teach you to 
look a major in the face." 

In 1803 a bounty of twenty dollars was given to S. 
Willard and others for killing a wolf. The wild-cat was 
very troublesome even as late as 183 1. In that year, 
through the influence of Nehemiah Jones, a club was 
formed to encourage the destruction of these animals, 
each member paying a certain sum yearly, and it reached 
the amount of twenty-four dollars for each animal killed. 

The lynx was not as common as the wild-cat, but was 
occasionally seen. One was killed by Capt. Dinsmore 
about the year 1830. Jonathan Kendall caught one in a 
trap a few years later, and H. B. Millen another in i860. 

Moose were found here in good numbers, and the flesh 
was highly esteemed for food. The skin and horns were 
also sold for a good sum. 

The beaver and otter were found by our streams and 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 59 

ponds to some extent ; the former is never seen now, the 
latter but rarely. Traces of the beaver have been seen 
on the Ashuelot, and the enlargement of that stream into 
small ponds is supposed by some to have been caused by 
the building of their curiously constructed dams. The 
mink and muskrat frequent our streams, and the fox is 
still followed by the hunter on the hills. The raccoon, 
woodchuck, gray, red, striped and flying squirrels, and 
rabbits abound ; the hedgehog is seen occasionally. 

The hawk and owl are plentiful enough to cause some 
trouble to those who raise poultry — their visitations to the 
yard and roost being not an unusual occurrence. The 
crow, blue jay, chickadee and snow-bird remain here dur- 
ing the winter ; but, like the dwellers in the cities, who 
come to our hills and villages in summer, the robin, spar- 
row, bobolink, thrush, oriole, blackbird, swallow, bluebird, 
and many other kinds, make their annual visits to our 
fields and woods. Ducks swim our ponds, though not in 
so large numbers as in former years. The loon also finds 
its way from the sea to our inland bodies of water, and 
its shrill cry is sometimes heard as it flies swiftly along 
from one pond to another. The whippoorwill's plaintive 
note can be heard in the summer evenings. Partridges 
are plentiful, the quail pipes its note at harvest time, and 
the woodcock, in one locality where the alders fringe a 
stream, make their annual visits. The cat-bird, the kins: 
fisher, the woodpecker and other feathered songsters, 

"Blackbirds, and blue and brown, 
And all the tribe of noisy things, 
With linings in their ashen wings, 
Soft as the thistle's down," 

charm us with their beauty, or delight us with their tune- 
ful melody. 



CHAPTER X. 



POPULATION AND MAPS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

Population of Washington at the time of each census. Maps of New 
Hampsliire. Buildings burned. Fire of 1830. Baptist church 
burned. 




IHE first census of which we find a record was 
taken by Isaac Temple of Limerick, now Stod- 
dard, in the year 1773. It gives the population 
of the township as one hundred and thirty-two. 
In 1775 the population was given as follows : 

Males under 16 years of age, 47 

" from 16 to 50, not in army, 29 

All males above 50 years of age, 4 

" " in the army, 6 

All females in the township, 77 

Negroes, slaves for life, o 

Guns, 13 

Powder, 6 

A true and exact account of the several degrees of per- 
sons in Camden from us. 

Archibald White, 
Simeon Farnsworth. 

What relation the last two items had to the town cen- 
sus, each reader may determine for himself. 

In 1786 the number of inhabitants was 474. 

The following returns were made as each census was 
taken : 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 6l 

1790, number of inhabitants in Washington, 545 

1800, " " " 819 

1 8 10, " " " 820 

1820, " " , " 992 

1830, •' * *' " 1 135 

1840, ". " " 1 103 

1850, " " " 1053 

i860, " " . " 897 

1870, " " " 839 

1880, " " " 682 

These statistics speak no more plainly of decreasing 
numbers, than does the deserted farm so often seen, once 
productive fields given over to the flocks and herds, the 
dwelling left vacant or torn down, nothing remaining of 
the worn threshold over which busy feet once trod, and 
the school-houses with but few children to occupy them. 
These facts tell us as surely that our population is de- 
creasing. That the sons prefer the town to the country, 
and are leaving the homes of their fathers for what they 
imagine to be fairer scenes, and easier paths. Happy 
will it be for them if in after years they turn not sadly 
back and say regretfully, 

"Oh, if I could only trace once more 
The field path to the f ann-house door, 
The old green meadow could I see, 
How happy I would be." 

The first map of New Hampshire that recognized the 

town of Washington as a township, bears the date of 1750 ; 

another, and a better one, is from a survey made in 1755, 

styled a map of New England ; it represents the line of 

towns in which No. 8 is included. North of this line is an 

almost unbroken wilderness ; south of it there appears to 

be no settlement until Keene is reached. This map was 

published by act of Parliament, by Thomas Jeffries, 

Geographer to His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, 

in Nov., 1755. 



62 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

A later map, from surveys made in 1761, gives the 
Monaclnock range of towns, and designates No. 8 as New 
Concord ; Lempster is called Duppliss ; Acworth, Burnet ; 
and Marlow, Addison. It is stated on the face of the map 
that the "White Hills appear many leagues at sea like a 
great bright cloud above the horizon, and are a noted 
landmark to seamen." 

A map, dated 1784., gives our town as Camden, and in 
the form of the first grant, with the angle which the north- 
west corner of Hillsborough makes by extending into it. 
This map seems far from accurate. The next state map, 
of 18 1 5, gives Washington with about the same boundaries 
as at present, and the roads running through the town as 
they do at this time — one to Concord through Hills- 
borough, of a distance of 33 miles, one to Charlestown, of 
20 miles, one to Dartmouth College, '^J miles. 

Two houses were burned in the Dinsmore district, west 
of the mountain, previous to the year 1S30. One was 
owned by William Mann, and the other was known as the 
White place. 

In the summer of 1830 occurred the great fire which 
inflicted a severe loss upon the centre of the town. We 
copy from the New Hampshire Spectator an account of 
the fire, which is essentially correct, 

"We regret to learn that the flourishing village of Wash- 
ington, in this county, was nearly half destroyed on Friday 
evening, the 23rd inst. The fire was discovered in the 
stable of Mr. Edmund Lawrence, which had not been in 
use for more than a week, and circumstances warrant the 
belief that it was the work of an incendiary. The build- 
ings burned were in all seventeen. The tavern house, 
occupied by Mr. Lawrence, stables and out buildings, 
dwelling house, occupied by William and Ephraim Davis, 
a stone-cutter's shop, the dwelling house of Nathan Brain- 
ard, Jr. At one time the roofs of six buildings were on 
fire, which were by great exertions saved. Among them 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 63 

was the meeting house, from the belfry of which a young 
man by the name of Weston leaped on the roof and extin- 
guished the flames. The store of Brainard and Boutwell 
was saved by the individual exertions of Mr. Thomas Far- 
well. Three horses in the upper stable of Mr. Lawrence 
were burned to death; one escaped. By this distressing 
occurrence a number of individuals have lost nearly all 
their property. The principal sufferers are Henry and 
Samuel Mather, sons of the late Dr. Mather, owners of 
the tavern house occupied by Mr. Lawrence ; and Nathan 
Brainard, Jr.; and Brainard and Boutwell, goods damaged 
by removal from the store ; William Davis, Ephraim 
Davis and David Farnsworth, Jr. The whole loss is esti- 
mated at seven thousand dollars, — insured for three thou- 
sand, in the New Hampshire Mutual Fire Insurance 
Company." 

The spot, where had stood the house occupied by Wil- 
liam and Ephraim Davis, was soon covered by a new 
house, built by David Farnsworth, Jr. The remaining 
space was vacant for some years. Many years ago the 
house built by Dr. Thayer, on the turnpike, about a third 
of a mile from the angle of the Marlow road, was burned 
while in the possession of the Jefts family, and where 
Jabez Fisher built a second house. 

The brick house, owned by Weld D. Proctor, a mile 
west from the village of East Washington, was destroyed 
by fire in 1879. -^ valuable horse was lost with the barn. 

In the summer of 1881, some buildings at Dickey's 
Mills were struck by lightning and entirely consumed 
during a severe thunder storm that passed Qver a large 
portion of New Hampshire. 

A saw-mill at East Washington, originally owned by 
Mr. John Farrar, was burned in 1881. Many years ago a 
mill was burned, on the site now occupied by the rake 
shop, in the same village. 

The church property, belonging to the Baptist society 



64 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

of East Washington, has been twice destroyed by fire 
within thirty-six years. The first meeting house was 
burned on the morning of Dec. i, 1841. There had been 
a gathering of some kind within the building the evening 
previous, which is supposed to account for the origin of 
the calamity. The following summer the society set 
about the work of building another house, which was fin- 
ished in the autumn of 1842. At the raising of the frame 
of that house a very serious accident occurred. A heavy 
chain fell from the roof and struck on the head of Mr. 
Robert Carr, of Hillsborough, who was taken home in- 
sensible and his life despaired of for some weeks, but he 
finally recovered and lived many years afterwards. 

Many persons who were living at that time witnessed 
the destruction of this edifice by fire in April, 1877. A 
fine toned bell shared the fate of the building, and the 
church furniture, together with a valuable communion 
service, was also consumed. The fire was supposed to be 
the work of an incendiary, the author of the deed not 
being known. 

The evening was dark and misty, and the lurid glare of 
the flames lighted up the hills and reflected on the cot- 
tages in the village below, and on the white headstones 
that mark the dwellings in "that other village on the hill," 
where, life's fitful fever over, and human passions hushed, 
they rest, far from the "crowd's ignoble strife." The 
scene was impressive and never to be forgotten. In the 
summer of 1885, the Cherry Valley Mills were destroyed 
by fire. 



CHAPTER XI. 



PRIMITIVE HABITS AND MANNER OF LIVING. 




!HE first officers chosen by the town received no 
pay for their services, but, in 1790, the records 
show that the selectmen were paid and other 
officers also. Persons who were liable to become a town 
charge were warned to leave the town within fourteen 
days, such notice releasing the town from the responsibil- 
ity of their support. Those who became paupers were 
set up at public vendue, and were boarded by the one 
who made the lowest bid. In 1788, Rebecca Maxwell was 
supported in the family of Capt. William Proctor for the 
sum of 2s. 6d. per week. 

Tithing-men, fence-viewers, hog-reeves and deer-reeves 
were chosen at the first town meeting. Tithing-men were 
expected to preserve order in public meetings and to pre- 
vent the desecration of the Sabbath. Deer-reeves were 
essential one hundred years ago to protect the moose from 
unmerciful slaughter. A bounty of 4d. was given for 
each black bird's head, a larger amount for that of a crow, 
or the tail of a squirrel. The present generation of law- 
makers has not wholly repudiated the wisdom of the 
fathers in making war upon the denizens of wood and 
field. Could the birds present their account of services 
rendered, the balance would, I doubt not, be largely in 
their favor. 



66 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

As an example of special legislation we copy the follow- 
ing by-law, passed March, 1782. "That all the sleds for 
the present year shall be made four feet and six inches 
wide on penalty of being destroyed by a committee chosen 
for that purpose." 

A pound was built in 1777 in which to confine such 
cattle as strayed from their owner's enclosure ; its dimen- 
sions were thirty feet square. 

Until June, 1796 the town accounts were reckoned by 
the <£ sterling — after that date the decimal currency came 
into use. 

The first residents of Washington were mostly en- 
gaged in farming, and even those who followed other 
avocations were sometimes tillers of the soil as well as 
owners of mills, and it has been said that a more independ- 
ent community does not often exist than that of the new 
town of Washington. The provisions on which they lived 
were raised on the land which they cultivated, and their 
harvests were usually bountiful, although when a poor 
crop of corn was raised it caused hard times for the farm- 
er, and indirectly for all others. 

Their tables were bountifully supplied with plain food, 
but fortunately for the housewife she was not expected to 
provide so great a variety of food as is customary at the 
present day; for, in addition to the cooking for her family, 
she also had to manufacture both woolen and linen cloth 
for their garments, and other domestic uses. Corned beef 
with its accompaniment of vegetables was constantly kept 
on hand, and the broth was utilized, with the addition of 
beans, in making bean porridge, which has the reputation 
of being good either hot or cold and especially so "when 
nine day's old." Pumpkin pies, brown bread and beans 
baked in a brick oven, were common articles of food, and 
the sight of such a goodly array of substantial food might 
tempt an epicure to turn from the various dainties of the 
modern table. Rye was used instead of wheat, and a rye 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 6/ 

cake baked before the coals of an open fire-place and eaten 
with maple syrup was good enough for the king to eat. 
Hasty pudding also came in for a share of attention. It 
is related that one hearty old gentleman who lived on the 
Lempster road, required a peck of meal to make a pudding 
of a size adapted to his appetite, and that his wife devoted 
a large share of her time to the making of johnny-cake 
for his benefit, an article of food that she had much skill 
in preparing. 

Our town in those distant days, had its men of eccen- 
tric character, its story teller, one who was especially gift- 
ed in the power to entertain by the recital of scenes and 
adventures which it was not essential for the hearer to 
believe in order to enjoy. The elder Farnsworth, who 
had a family of sixteen children, was an inveterate taker of 
snuff, and could likewise tell a good story, 

"Such as of Salmon in his boots, 
Full sixtj^ pounds lie drew," 

and once in an encounter with a bear, after fighting for 
two hours on a large stump of a tree, he — not the bear — 
came off conqueror and killed a bear and cub. We also 
can claim as a townsman the celebrated man, who when 
he thought to take a wife, paid the minister who perform- 
ed the marriage ceremony in beans, and his descendants 
to this day, 

"■So lavish of tlieir means, ^ 
Do bless in lieart with honest pride 
Tlie bushel of wliite beans." 

We do not know that our ancestors in Washington 
were of an especially superstitious character.. There are 
no tales of witchcraft or wonder-working handed down to 
us from those times, and we have no veritable account of 
the traditional haunted house, and do not think that these 
rugged hills have ever been the favorite resort of super- 
natural visitants. 

The varied amusements of these days were unknown 



68 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

a century ago, and the men then found recreation and 

sport in working bees, raisings, wrestling matches, and 

corn huskings, when 

"From many a brown old farm-house and hamlet without name, 
I'heir milking and their home-tasks done, tlie merry buskers came." 

The women made afternoon visits on neighbors near and 
more distant, and as the spinning of fiax or wool was the 
work with which they employed their leisure time we may 
conclude that as has been stated of the women of a neigh- 
boring town "the good mother took the baby under one 
arm, and the flax wheel under the other, and walked a 
mile to visit a neighbor." Apple parings, quilting and 
carding bees were among the social enjoyments of those 
hard-working women and after the work was ended the 
young people of .both sexes came in for a jolly good time, 
and these gatherings often ended with a dance in the large 
kitchen. 

Books and newspapers were very scarce, the Bible and 
Almanac were the only books that were generally found 
in their homes : and they could hardly have realized had 
they been foretold of the great quantities of reading mat- 
ter with which the country is supplied at the present time, 
and more than all the well stored Library with which the 
town is now favored. 

The marriage outfit in those hard-working times con- 
sisted of spinninn wheel and loom, and a few pots and 
kettles and other indispensable articles for housekeeping. 
There were but few ornaments on the walls or shelves ; 
the day of profuse decoration of our rooms, and collection 
of bric-a-brac had not arrived. 

The old-time bride was expected to have a good supply 
of linen and woolen sheets, and table-linen and towels, 
and store of linen for all household uses. Some few 
samples of the old stock of linen, and an occasional cov- 
erlid woven of blue and white of intricate pattern are still 
kept in some families. The spinning, weaving and color- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 69 

ing was generally done at home by the women of the 
household, and every young lady was expected to number 
a knowledge of these arts among her accomplishments. 
There were, doubtless, exceptions to the style of setting 
up housekeeping, which we have described — some of the 
richer people furnishing their houses more expensively, 
but the tastes and habits of the people were more simple 
and natural than those of the present generation. 

Many invitations were given to their weddings, and a 
large number of guests were usually assembled. On fu- 
neral occasions work was generally suspended and nearly 
all attended the services over the dead. The village bell 
was tolled on the occurrence of a death, a custom which 
is almost entirely discontinued. The extravagant display 
which has become so common in later years was not prac- 
ticed. The town paid the funeral expenses of the Rev. 
Mr. Leslie as a mark of respect shown to the memory of 
that good man, and we find the following order in the 
town accounts. "Sept. 22, 1780, one order to Levi Far- 
well of one dollar and fifty cents for a coffin for the Rev. 
Mr. Leslie." 

There was much difficulty for many years in procuring 
implements for farming and household purposes, and 
articles of food which were not raised at home were 
sometimes difficult to obtain, for merchandise had to 
be brought a long distance and by slow means of trans- 
portation. The plows, hoes, and other working utensils 
were of a clumsy make, and the many inventions for ren- 
dering the work of both men and women easier were then 
unknown. They were truly a hard-working people, and 
bringing health and strength and willing hands to their 
tasks, they doubtless found enjoyment in their labors, and 
contentment in toil and hardship. 

Clocks and watches were not generally owned one hun- 
dred years ago, the hour-glass and sun-dial indicated the 
time in some homes, but the noon-mark on the window- 



JO HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

sill was in common use, and that was supposed to be cor- 
rect once a day at least. An aged lady tells me that about 
the year 1810 her father purchased a tall framed clock, and 
at that time but very few of their neighbors were so for- 
tunate as to possess a time-piece of any kind. The room 
where it stood was called the clock-room. The cost of the 
first clocks was considerably greater than of those made 
now. and they were of much more durable workmanship, 
the cheaply manufactured article now in use will hardly 
last to be handed down a hundred years or more as a relic 
of these days. The same fact may be stated with regard 
to other articles that were used in the olden time. The 
cloths were to a large extent made from the wool and flax 
at home, but after the woolen mill was built, the cloth was 
sometimes taken there to be finished by fulling, and the 
dull wine-colored and dark-green, that the writer can well 
remember would compare favorably with the dark-hued 
dies so much in vogue at the present time ; and the wear- 
ing qualities of those goods cannot be surpassed. The 
cloths that were not home-made were also very durable 
and the broadcloth coat worn by our great-grandfathers 
would last a lifetime. The first calico was of English 
make and cost about fifty cents a yard, but it was much 
heavier and firmer than the print that has taken its place, 
and the matron or maiden who wore a calico gown was 
thought to be very smartly dressed. 

Lucifer matches were not in common use until about the 
year 1830. Sometimes the tinder box was used for start- 
ing fires ; but the fire was never allowed to die out in the 
old-fashioned fire place : the hearths of our fore-fathers 
were never expected to grow cold : but if by any mischance 
the coals become extinct it was no unusual thing for some 
member of the family to go to some neighbor's house to 
obtain a supply of live embers, and when one was observed 
on a cold day wending his way to a dwelling the remark 
would be made, "he must be going to borrow fire." Every 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. JX 

one will acknowledge the convenience of the modern stove, 
but for healthfulness, comfort, and social good cheer, the 
bright, glowing open fire greatly surpasses any present 
means of warming our dwellings. 

" By the flre-side there are peace and comfort, 
Wives and children with fair thoughtful faces, 

Waiting, watching, 
For a well known footstep in the passage." ■ 

" We may build more splendid habitations, 
Fill our homes with paintings and with sculptures, 

But Ave cannot 
Buy with gold the old associations." 

Kerosene was not used for lights until within the last 
thirty-five years, candles and lamp oil dimly supplying its 
place ; they were rivalled by the blazing pine knot, by the 
Hght of which the busy wife could ply her knitting, the 
husband shelling corn perhaps, and some studious youth 
sitting in the corner by the fire-place poring over the 
contents of a book by its ruddy light. 

The postal facilities previous to the year 1800 were very 
limited. The legislation of the state established post- 
ofifices, and post-routes. In 1791 it established "four 
routes for posts, to be appointed to ride in and through 
the interior of the state. The mail was carried on horse- 
back once in two weeks. The post-rider received a small 
salary from the state for carrying public letters and papers, 
and a postage of six-pence on single letters for every forty 
miles, and four-pence for less distance. Post-offices were 
established in ten of the principal towns, and postmasters 
were allowed two-pence for every letter and package. In 
1794 a post-route was established between Concord and 
Charlestown, which might have passed through Washing- 
ton ; and Lieut. Francis Bowman established another route 
a little later from Amherst through Dunbarton to Concord, 
thence to Henniker, Hillsborough and Washington, going 
through Bradford on his return. In 1802 a stage com- 



^2 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

menced to run from Amherst to Windsor, Vermont, 
through Washington, and the same year a post-office was 
estabhshed at the center of the town. Reuben Farnsworth 
was the first postmaster, he continued to hold the office 
until the year 1819, when he was succeeded by Daniel 
Greenleaf. Simon W. Jones received the first appoint- 
ment as postmaster at East Washington, he did not how- 
ever retain the office, but resigned in favor of Mr. Edmund 
Davis who succeeded him in 1841. Previous to this time 
the mail was brought from the centre village once a week 
by some one on horseback, although there was no regular 
post-route between the two villages. 

The second New Hampshire turnpike, which was laid out 
in the year 1800, was a much travelled thoroughfare dur- 
ing the years that preceded the building of the many lines 
of railroad in all sections of the state. Heavily laden teams 
drawn by four or six horses, the old fashioned stage coach 
whose ample interior and roof sometimes carried as many 
as twenty passengers, and smaller vehicles of all descrip- 
tions were constantly passing from the cities in southern 
New Hampshire and Massachusetts to country places far- 
ther on ; and the farmers loaded their sleds with the spare 
produce of their farms, when the first snows of winter 
made travelling easy, and brought back in return mer- 
chandise that their families required for the following 
winter. 

It was said that, in addition to much lawful travel that 
enlivened the turnpike, there were also teams loaded with 
contraband goods, being conveyed to or from the Canadi- 
an border, and the officers to whom belonged the. duty of 
enforcing the laws against smuggling often visited the 
taverns, resorting to stratagem to discover the unlawful 
trade. I have heard an aged man who drove a team from 
Claremont to Boston, relate among other incidents that he 
was knowing to, that of a bereaved widow who was con- 
veying the remains of her husband to a place of burial in 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 73 

the town where he had formerly lived. Had the enter- 
prising lady succeeded in eluding the vigilance of the 
officers, the load in her care would have yielded a large 
profit on the investment. 

But these customs have all changed. It is true the 
"iron horse" has not yet invaded this locality; and we 
hear the locomotive's whistle only as it reverberates from 
the echoing hills of the adjoining towns, and the stage- 
coach still brings to us passengers and news from the 
outside world ; but the loaded freight teams no longer 
throng our highways, and the old-fashioned tavern with 
its jovial crowd has given place to the modern hotel, pat- 
ronized by the summer boarder from the city, and the 
commercial traveller at all seasons. 

And with the old colonial days, and the ancient hostel- 
ries, have passed away the "Ampler hospitality," the good 
fellowship, the freedom of social intercourse that marked 
the years when all endured privations alike, and were de- 
pendent on the society of each other for the enjoyment 
that can now be realized in so many different ways. Let 
us hope that beneath a more reserved manner is hidden 
as kindly hearts, and as warm impulses as ever graced the 
characters of our ancestors. 



CHAPTER XII. 



INDUSTRIES. 

Saw and Grist-Mills. Other Manufactories, from their origin to the 
present time. 




HE first settlers of this town, like all others in 
making a home for themselves in the wilderness, 
labored under great disadvantages. Roads were 
at first simply paths cut through the forest, and followed 
by marked trees, leading from one habitation to another. 
With little money and no conveniences to help themselves 
with, their frbntier life was but a series of hardships re- 
quiring a vast amount of labor, energy and perseverance 
to overcome the many obstacles which presented them- 
selves in forming a settlement. Their first care was to 
provide shelter for themselves and families, which they 
did by building log-houses. These, from necessity, were 
made in the simplest manner — more thought being given 
to provide a shelter, than to make them convenient to live 
in. One room, with a loft overhead, comprised all the room 
in most of the dwellings. Glass was an unknown luxury 
with the early settlers. A hole left in the logs to admit 
the light, and closed in the cold weather by a board or 
bundle of rags, supplied the place of windows. The fire- 
place, built of stones at one side of the room, was used 
alike for cooking and keeping warm. As matches for 
kindling fires were unknown, great care was taken to bury 
the coals in ashes ready to be used when a fire was want- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 75 

ed. In case the coals went out, they were obliged to go, 
sometimes for miles, to a neighbors to procure coals to 
make the fire. Some used a tinder-box, and. sometimes 
powder was flashed, for the same purpose. There were 
but few cellars and these consisted of a hole dug in the 
ground. Horses were scarce, and carriages almost un- 
known. Much of the grain used for food was carried to 
the mills to be ground, on the men's shoulders, and the 
flour returned the same way. Those who were fortunate 
enough to own a horse, led him over the rough and uneven 
roads, with the bag of grain on his back. Depending 
upon the crops they could raise for the food for their 
families, fields of grain soon took the place of the heavy 
forests. Their next efforts were directed to erecting 
mills for grinding grain, and sawing lumber they would 
need for erecting more comfortable dwellings. They then 
commenced building roads, employing their time and 
money in making such improvements as would render a 
settlement here desirable. The material prosperity is 
indicated by the valuation at different periods. The val- 
uation in 1822, was ^188,366; in 1835, $283,698; in 
1845, $333,200; in 1855, reached its highest figures, 
$392,854; in 1865, $367,410; in 1875, $349,848; in 
1885, $331,814. The garments worn were made by the 
wives and daughters, who not only carded, spun, colored 
and wove the cloth, but went into the fields, helping to 
pull the flax and prepare it for use. As this was done by 
hand work alone, it added much to their labor. The 
proprietors, to aid in the settlement of the town, in 1763, 
''voted one hundred acres of land to any one who will build 
a grist-mill, for the use of the inhabitants of said town 
for fifteen years. To keep said mill in repair, supply said 
inhabitants with boards and joists, at the rate of eight 
shillings per thousand, and receive the customary tolls for 
grinding grain. And they agree further to pay out of 
the proprietors' stock, £23 13s. 4d. toward completing 



J^ HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

the iron work of the mill without further charge to the 
proprietors." Joseph Rounsevel built the first mill on 
the privilege now owned by Newman & Wiley. A mill, 
containing a carding machine, was built by Edward Wood- 
man, where the Crescent mill now stands. 

THE LAWS MILL. 

On this spot was built the first mill in town, by Joseph 
Rounsevel, aided by the proprietors. The saw-mill was 
built the first year of settlement. Afterwards Thomas 
Penniman built a distillery for the manufacture of whiskey 
from potatoes. The building was situated a short dis- 
tance above the present saw-mill of Newman & Wiley. 
It was afterward demolished and a foundry, for making 
stove-castings, was erected, and the business carried on by 
Davis, Markham & Gould. 

The next owner of these mills appears to be Ebenezer 
Burbank, who occupied them for a long term of years. 
About the year 1827 they were bought by Ebenezer 
Laws, who rebuilt both mills in 1838, putting in machin- 
ery for the manufacture of powder kegs. The saw-mill 
was burned in 1851, a;id was rebuilt . by Mr. Laws, hi 
1858, Mr. Laws sold to George W. Gage, who repaired 
and enlarged the mills, and added machinery for making 
yokes, also clothes-pins and bobbins. Charles N. Foster 
occupied a part of the saw-mill, for a time manufacturing 
clothes-pins. Samuel T. Farnsworth put machinery into 
the grist-mill for making tubs, in the year i860. Later 
the grist-mill and one-half of the water power was sold to 
Benjamin P. Blood, who made tubs, and also run the grist- 
mill. Subsequently he moved the Collins mill, that stood 
above Half-Moon pond, and rebuilt it as it now stands, 
letting the old grist-mill go to decay. It again passed into 
the hands of George W. Gage, who sold to Mason H. Carr. 
In 1884, these mills were purchased by Newman & Wiley, 
who manufacture lumber and shingles. The upper part 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. JJ 

of the old saw-mill is occupied by Alonzo Knight, with 
machinery for making tubs, and the other part for making 
shingles and making cider, and, at the present time, they 
are adding a grist-mill. 

CRESCENT MILL. 

The first mill built on this site was erected by Mr. 
Woodman, who carried on the business of carding rolls 
and dressing cloth, renting cards of a Mr. Googins for 
that purpose. It was then purchased by Seth Adams in 
1 8 14. About two years later he sold one-half of the mill 
to Benajah Sabin of Connecticut. Adams & Sabin re- 
mained in partnership ten or twelve years, when Mr. 
Adams purchased the whole property. He continued 
alone in the business until 1843, when a copartnership 
was formed by Mr. Adams and his two sons, Nathan and 
Calvin, who put in machinery for the manufacture of cloth. 
The elder Adams sold his interest in the business, in 
1852 to Levi Harthon, having been in business at the old 
mill thirty-eight years. Adams & Harthon continued the 
business until 1857, when Mr. Harthon purchased the 
whole. Mr. Harthon built a much larger mill in 1868, 
putting in new machinery and heating the mill by steam. 
He employed a large number of operatives, and carried 
on an extensive business in the manufacture of cloth and 
hosiery. In 1874 the mill was purchased by Quinn & 
Hills, who remained in the business until 1876, when it 
again went into Mr. Harthon's hands, who sold to Brown 
& Young in 1880, who are also doing a large business in 
the manufacture of hosiery. 

CARD-BOARD SHOP. 

The site where this shop stands was first occupied by a 
blacksmith shop owned by John Merrill, and subsequently 
by a Mr. Harris from Rhode Island, who built a dam and 
erected a mill for manufacturing cotton yarn ; putting in 



yS HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

two spinning frames, an engine, lathe, and two or three 
cards, operating them a few years in this mill, and then 
removing the machinery to Providence, Rhode Island, 
about 1824. Afterwards it was bought by Col. Thomas 
Laws, who made card-boards by hand for several years. 
He then put in machinery, doing an increased business 
until 1847, when Ezra P. and Joseph A. Howard purchased 
the shop, continuing in partnership five or six years, Ezra 
P. Howard then buying his brother's interest. He con- 
tinued doing an enlarged business until 1858, when Harris 
Robinson carried on the business during one year. Mr. 
Howard then took the business, and kept it until 
1865, when Sargent Brothers of Leominster, Massachu- 
setts, became owners of the shop, and James A. White 
carried on the business for one year. E. P. Howard again 
took the business, keeping it until 1868, when George F, 
Fowler succeeded him. The old shop was burned in 
1870, but was immediately rebuilt by the Messrs. Sargent. 
Mr. Fowler designed some machines which were very 
superior to those formerly used. They finished the boards 
in a better manner, and saved employing so many work- 
men. The property was purchased by Mrs. George F. 
Fowler in 1884, after which steam was used for part 
motive power, and manufacturing in addition, clapboards, 
shingles and lumber. 

dickey's mill. 

This mill was built by George W. Newman, on the 
stream flowing from Half-Moon pond, about one-half mile 
below the Laws mill, in 1853, and was sold to French & 
Train in i860, and they sold the property to John G. 
Dickey of Hillsborough in 1865. It remained in his pos- 
session until 1884, when it was purchased by Allen R. 
Hood of Bennington, who is engaged in the lumber busi- 
ness there at the present time. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 79 

COLLINS* MILL. 

Dow & Bailey built a saw-mill on the mountain brook, 
above Half-Moon pond, taking the machinery from the 
Parmenter mill. They sold to Henry Collins in 1853. 
The mill was burned in 1856, was rebuilt and was owned 
by John C. Philbrick until 1863. It was then moved by 
Benjamin P. Blood and put up near the site of the Pen- 
niman whiskey still, and is now owned by Newman & 
Wiley. Henry Collins and Holman Ring built another 
saw-mill on the same stream, near the Henry Lowell old 
place, in 1875. But little business has been done in this 
mill and it is going to decay. 

Marshall's mill. 

This mill is situated on Millen brook, and was built by 
Alonzo Marshall in 1868, for sawing boards, shingles, 
laths, etc., and remains in his possession at the present 
time. Above this mill, at the outlet of Barden pond, 
there was a dam and shop built by Ezekiel Barden, and 
used for a cooper shop. The dam is kept in repair by Mr. 
Marshall, for the benefit of his mill, but scarcely a timber 
remains to mark the spot where the cooper-shop stood. 

dole's mill. 

A short distance below where the present mill stands, 
there was one built by David Parmenter for sawing 
lumber, which remained until the machinery was sold 
to Dow & Bailey, and was carried to the mill built by 
them on the brook above Half-Moon pond. The present 
mill was built by Ebenezer Hall in 1844. It was owned 
by Isaac Blanchard from 1852 until 1854. It then came 
into the possession of Ebenezer Hall, who owned it dur- 
ing 1855 and 1856. Smith & Adams owned it during the 
year 1857. It then passed into the hands of William and 
John Smith for the year 1858. John Smith owned it 



80 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

alone from 1859 to 1861. William Dole then purchased 
it in 1862 and owned it until 1869. His son, Mason H. 
Dole, then entered into partnership with Mr. Dole, and 
the property was owned by them until 1880. Mr. William 
Dole then retired from business and the sons, Mason H. 
and Wallace W., became owners of the property. The 
Dole Brothers have put in a circular saw and are doing an 
enlarged business. 

MC ADAMS SHOP. 

This building and dam was built by Jonathan Philbrick, 
a few rods above his residence, for a pail factory. It was 
used for this business a number of years. It was after- 
wards used by Daniel Mc Adams for making card-boards, 
bobbins, etc. Also by Mc Adams & Newman for the 
same purposes, they making repairs. Afterward by Dan- 
iel Mc Adams alone. Robert Moore, of Hillsborough, put 
in a circular saw which was used a short time. The build- 
ing has not been used for years, and is now fast going to. 
decay. Daniel and Horace McAdams built a dam and 
building for a mill on the same stream, below their pres- 
ent dwelling and moved the machinery from it to Crane's 
mill, at the outlet of Island pond. But little business has 
been done there. 

Capt. Jonathan Brock way built a saw and grist-mill at 
the outlet of Brockway or Millen pond, in the early 
settlement of the town, just below the present bridge, 
and below this mill, he built an oil mill. Be'iow that a 
potato whiskey mill was built. On or near the foundation 
of the oil mill, a potato starch mill was afterward built by 
Stephen Eaton of Stoddard. After Mr. Eaton's death 
business was carried on in it, by Scripture & Whiting. 
The saw and grist mill went into the hands of Smith 
Brockway, who rebuilt the grist-mill. After a time Reu- 
ben Wright put in a rake shop in place of the grist-mill. 
Amasa Fairbanks purchased the saw-mill in 1843, and 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 8l 

Sumner Fairbanks bought the same in 1845. It was 
afterward purchased by Allen Ball in 185 1, and sold to 
Faulkner & Colony of Keene, who use the pond as a reser- 
voir. Nothing now remains but part of the foundations 
of the different buildings in that wild ravine. 

ATKINS' MILL, 

William Atkins built a dam and mill on the brook from 
Brockway pond, some distance below the Brockway mills, 
in 1870. It was burned a year or two later. A frame for 
another mill was put up, but nothing further has been 
done. 

gove's mill. 

This mill was built in 1842, on the brook between May 
and North ponds, by David Gove, who carried on quite a 
business in it until 1859, when Imri Gove bought it and 
continued to carry on business until 1866, when he sold it 
to Jonathan B. Emerson. The property was owned by 
Mr. Emerson until 1875, when it was purchased by Messrs. 
Emerson, Bodwell & Porter. In 1877, Susan D. Porter 
bought one undivided half of the property, which soon 
went into possession of Ann E. Abbot. The whole prop- 
erty was again sold to Pearson C. Cheney & Co., of Man- 
chester, in 1883. The Company made additions and 
improvements, using steam for motive power in getting 
out lumber and pulp wood for their paper mills. There 
had been but two dwelling houses erected there. Cheney 
& Co. soon built several cottages for the use of their 
workmen, which were occupied as soon as completed. 
Situated on the shore of May pond, it forms a pleasant, 
romantic little village. This mill was burned in 1885, 
and the Company have built a new and larger mill a little 
above where the old one stood, still using steam for the 
motive power. 



82 history of washington, 

butterfield's mill. 

A short distance above the present mill is the site of a 
mill built by Francis Faxon. This mill was burned some 
years after, and was rebuilt by Curtis. 

John May became the owner of this building, which, 
falling to decay, was burned by him to prevent accident. 
The present mill was built by Jerome Strickland in 1842, 
where he continued to do business until his death. It 
was purchased by Tristram Collins in 1850, who owned it 
until 1854, when it was sold to John Butterfield. The 
mill was burned in 1864 and was rebuilt by John L. But- 
terfield. He enlarged the business by adding machinery 
for sawing shingles and turning spade and hoe handles. 

towne's mill. 

This mill was built on the Ashuelot river, by Allen 
Towne in 1856, and was burned in 1875. It was always 
owned by Mr. Towne. 

Russell's mill. 

This mill was built by Stephen Russell, on the Ashuelot 
river, below the pond of that name, for a saw and grist- 
mill. It passed into the hands of his son, Allen Russell, 
in 1846, in whose possession it remained until his death 
in 1 87 1. It was then purchased by George C. Friend, 
who sold it to Edgar W. Farnsworth in 1880. Mr. Farns- 
worth still owns and carries on business in the mill. 

CARr's mill, located at east WASHINGTON. 

Capt. Jonathan Brockway built a saw-mill at this place 
in 1787, on the brook passing through the village. He 
also built a grist-mill on the opposite side of the stream 
from the saw-mill. The mills passed into the hands of 
his son, Jonathan BrOckway, Jr., and were next owned by 
Jonathan Bailey and Moses Wood. Afterward Thaddeus 
Graves had an interest in the grist-mill for a time. Ray- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 83 

mond Brockway rebuilt the saw-mill — the grist-mill having 
already gone to decay. Jonathan Brockway, brother of- 
Raymond Brockway, was the next owner of this property. 
He sold to Elbridge G. Brockway, and it was bought by 
the present owner. Mason H. Carr, in 1843, who does an 
extensive business in lumber, shingles, etc. 

DAVIs' MILL. 

Edmund Davis, prior to 1820, built a grist-mill on the 
north side of the brook, near the upper end of the Na- 
thaniel G. Jones' mill pond, and a saw-mill on the south 
side, just below the present dam. They were used several 
years, but going to decay, they were never repaired. 

Lowell's mill. 

James Boutwell from Antrim built the first mill on this 
site in 1841 and used it for making bobbins, etc. It was 
afterward owned by Solomon E. and William F. Jones. 
It was in possession of Nichols & Jones, N. G. Jones & 
Co., and Frank S. Farrar, who sold to Hiram M. Davis. 
The mill was rebuilt by Mr. Davis as a saw-mill, in 1864. 
This property was sold to Ashby & Craig in 1866, and 
bought by Henry Ashby in 1868. The same proj^erty 
was again sold to Samuel Andrews in 1872. In 1877, it 
was bought by Friend & Benton. A year later Mr. Ben- 
ton sold his interest in the mill, and Friend and Thissell 
owned the property in 1879. It came into the possession 
of Charles Lowell in 1883, who carries on business in it 
at the present time. 

THE WASHBOARD SHOP. 

The first shop was built by John M. Farrar in 1847, and 
was owned by Stephen F. and George B. Farrar in 1849, 
George B. Farrar was sole owner in 1 850-1, and it was 
bought by George W. Carr & Co. in 1852. The property 
remained in their possession until 1857, when it was sold 
to Farrar & Smith. It was purchased by F. F. and W, F. 



84 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Fiske in 1858. Soon after Samuel Andrews became the 
owner of this property. The mill was burned several 
years after, and was rebuilt by Mr. Andrews and then 
sold to Andrew J. Cutting in 1872, who used it as a bob- 
bin shop. . It was burned again in 1881 and never rebuilt. 

CRANE AND ANDREWS* MILL. 

This mill was built by Volney H. Johnson, on the 
.stream running from Island pond, in 1847, for a saw-mill 
and tub factory. It was sold to Isaac Proctor in 1857. 
Mr. Proctor put in machinery for the manufacture of 
rakes in 1864. It was purchased by Montgomery Craig 
in 1869. Samuel Andrews became the owner of this 
property in 1879. Since 1880 it has been in the posses- 
sion of Crane & Andrews. 

ZIBA crane's mill. 

Ziba Crane built a saw-mill, at the outlet of Island pond, 
in 1852. Business was carried on in it a few years, and 
it then went to decay. 

powers' SHOP. 

Levi W. Powers built a shop, for the manufacture of 
bobbins and card boards, a short distance above Crane & 
Andrews' mill, in 1852. Wakeman J. and Joseph A. 
Powers purchased it in i860, and carried on business for 
several years in it ; but at the present time there is no 
business done in it. 

THE JONES MILL. 

The foundations and dam for this mill were built by 
Howard M. Graves and sold to Herrick S. Fifield, who 
built the mill in 1849. It was used for a grist-mill, and 
for the manufacture of card-boards, bobbins, planing 
boards, etc. It was occupied by Jones & Putney in 1856 
and 1857. It was owned, and used for the same purposes, 
by Nathaniel G. Jones from 1858 until 1883, when it was 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 8$ 

purchased by Gilman G. Spaulding, who took down the 
old mill, repaired the dam and built a new grist-mill. He 
opened a store in one portion of the building. Afterward 
the store and mill were purchased by Charles Wellman, 
who owns it at the present time. 

On the stream running from Island pond, a carding 
machine was built and business carried on by a Mr. Hoyt. 
After standing some years it Was burned and not rebuilt. 
Ziba Crane built a shop on the opposite side of the stream 
from the carding machine. This building was also burned 
and never rebuilt. Tandy and Fifield built a blacksmith 
shop, where that business was carried on by them for sev- 
eral years, and then purchased by Ezekiel Hadley, who 
worked at the same business. Benton & Cutting then 
worked at the wheel rim business and blacksmithing in 
the same building. Albert Gage was the next occupant 
of this shop. Isaac Proctor and son then purchased this 
property about 1870, repairing and improving the shop, 
and commenced manufacturing rakes. Israel D. Proctor 
became the next owner, still continuing the rake business. 
The property was sold to Mcllvin & Fletcher, who carry 
on the same business at the present time. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



INDUSTRIES. 

Stores. Hotels. Mechanics, etc. 



STORES. 




^HE first store in town was opened by Thomas 
Lord Brown, who lived here in 1788 and 1789. 
He was succeeded in business by Azariah Faxon, 
who is best remembered as the first store-lveeper. Dorr 
& Willard kept a store here from 1802 until 1805. Isaac 
Shattuck commenced business in a store, and traded some 
years on the opposite side of the road, near Jabez Fisher's 
Griswold house. He afterward commenced a building 
near the location of the soldiers' monument, but it was 
moved from there to a site between James Tubbs' and 
Joseph F. Eaton's dwelling houses. After remaining 
there some time, and being used for a store, it was taken 
down and carried to East Lempster. Reuben Farnsworth 
kept store in the house now occupied as a dwelling house 
by Elizabeth Perkins. He afterward built and occupied 
the store now owned by N. A. Lull and Sons. It was 
next kept by Luther Mellen, who built an L, extending 
west, and used it as a hat shop, he being a hatter by trade. 
Brown & Dodge were the next occupants of this building, 
as merchants. Messrs. Brainerd & Boutelle were the next 
in business here. Afterward Clark C. Boutelle carried 
on business here for several years, when he was succeeded 
by Laws & Healy. Herbert Vose commenced business 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. BiJ 

• 

here in 1841, and was in 1844 succeeded by Charles G. 
Pressey, who remained in business here two years, when 
Alexander W. Dickey came into trade in the same build- 
ing. He afterward removed his goods from here, to the 
opposite side of the street, to the brick store. It was 
then occupied by Warren W. Hill, who had previously 
kept a store in the house now owned by Mrs. Mary Farns- 
worth. After Mr. Hill left the business, David Cooper 
was the next to continue the store keeping. Mr. Cooper, 
giving up trade there, was succeeded by Hiram Thissell. 
John Nelson was the next one to occupy this store. When 
he quitted the business, Onslow Gilmore was the next 
occupant. He was succeeded by N. A. Lull & Sons, by 
whom the store is still owned and occupied. 

Daniel Greenleaf commenced business in keeping store 
in a building standing between the present brick store 
and the hotel. He built the brick store in 1820. Oliver 
P. Greenleaf next traded there, and was succeeded by his 
brother, William P. Greenleaf. After continuing in trade 
a number of years, he gave up the business, and Alexander 
W. Dickey was his successor. William B. and David F. 
French then commenced business in this building. Wil- 
liam B. then purchased his brother's interest in the busi- 
ness, continuing in trade alone for some time. James M. 
Newman then entered into partnership with him. After 
continuing in the business together a few years, W. B. 
French again purchased the whole business, and remained 
alone in the business for some years after, when he sold 
to Benjamin B. Blood. Muzzey & Gilmore were the next 
to open a store in the building. In 1870, Mr. Muzzey 
bought Mr. Gilmore's interest, and has carried on the 
business since, and is the occupant at the present time. 

STORES AT EAST WASHINGTON. 

William P. Greenleaf built the Friend store in East 
Washington in 1834, and occupied it until 1835. Cool- 



55 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

edge & Graves then carried on the business from 1836 
until 1843. They were succeeded in the business by Sol- 
omon E. Jones & Co. The business was continued by 
this firm from 1844 until 1849. A new partnership was 
then entered into under the name of Jones & Smith. 
This continued from 1850 to 1856. S. E. Jones then be- 
came sole owner, continuing the business from 1857 to 
1866. Mr. Jones then sold to Gage & Carr, who were in 
trade from 1867 until 1868. Then Carr & Hadley during 
the year 1869. Mark M. Hadley carried on the business 
alone from 1870 to 1873. J. K. P. Friend purchased the 
property and continued in the business from 1874 to 1875. 
Joel Sevrance was the next owner, and kept store from 
1876 to 1879, when Andrew J. Cutting became owner, 
and is the present occupant. 

Hiram J. Gage commenced business in keeping store 
at East Washington, in a building near the Methodist 
church, which was formerly used as a shoe shop. He has 
enlarged and improved the building and continues in the 
business at the present time. 

A. J. Cutting built a store nearly opposite to H. J. 
Gage, in 1868, and later, moved the building to a site 
nearly opposite his residence, and traded there until 1872. 

In 1849, Thomas Graves built a store on the west side 
of the Bradford road, between the dwelling houses now 
owned by Edward Woodard and Arthur Sevrance, where 
he continued in business a few years. 

HOTELS, 

The first public house was opened by Abner Sampson, 
who lived where John L. Safford now lives, and he ap- 
pears to have kept it until 1796, when his son. Ward 
Sampson, obtained a license for keeping a "public house," 
for one year, James and Azariah Faxon kept a tavern 
where Dexter Ball now lives in 1792 and 1793. At that 
time James Faxon left the business and Azariah continued 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 89 

to keep tavern from 1794 to 1802. Nathaniel Draper 
obtained license for the same purpose in 1793. Isaac 
French commenced keeping public house in 1798, and 
remained in the business until 1800. Joseph Newman 
also had a house of public entertainment from 1798 until 
1800. Jonathan Brockway opened a public house in 1799, 
and continued in the business two years. Jonathan Bailey 
engaged in the occupation of tavern keeping at the same 
time, in 1799, ^^'^^^ closed his house in 1801. This house 
was located opposite Carr's mill at East Washington. At 
the foot of Fisher hill a public house was kept by William 
Lawrence, commencing in 1799. He also kept a tavern, 
in the house afterward occupied by Dr. McOuesten as a 
dwelling house, until 1806. In the house, now occupied 
by Charles Trow there was a tavern kept by Samuel Jones, 
from 1800 until 1803. Joseph Robbins was licensed to 
engage in the same business in 1801, and continued until 
1804. Manasseh Farnsworth opened a tavern in 1803. 
John Merrill entered the same business in 1803 and con- 
tinued until 1805. Samuel Smith also entertained people 
in the year 1800. William Bell kept a public house on 
the turnpike, at the place now occupied by Wallace W. 
Dole, in the year 1800. Jonathan Philbrick, in 1801, built 
the house now standing on this site, and opened a tavern, 
which he kept until 1806. 

David Farnsworth was licensed to keep public house 
in 1802, which is supposed to be at the present Lovell 
House, which was built by Reuben Farnsworth, and oc- 
cupied by his brother, David Farnsworth. His suc- 
cessors have been Luther Mellen, Joseph Healy, Uzziel 
Hurd, Caulkins & Greenleaf, May & Wilson, William 
Adams, McKean, William B. French, Benjamin Jefts, 
Charles Train, Harvey M. Bowman, Harvey Barney, Jud- 
son Wilkins, Frank Baker, and Henry Train. It was 
then purchased by Mrs. Luretta Jackson of Fitchburg, 
and has been kept by Benjamin F. Upton, Moses H. 



90 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Wood, George M. Wright, Thomas H. Holland, and 
Horace P. Snow, who is the present occupant in 1886. 

There was a tavern kept by Jabez Brainerd, in a house 
near the location of the parsonage. This was burned in 
1830, with a number of other buildings in the village. 

The tavern keepers, in the early days of town settle- 
ment, were obliged to obtain a license for that purpose ; 
and one was also required for the sale of spirituous liq- 
uors, as the following copy of the town records will show : 

Washington, Sept." 10, 1792. 
This may certify that Mr. Abner Sampson having made 
application to us for a license to keep a public tavern in 
said Washington, we therefore hereby approve of the 
same, he being of a regular life and conversation, and 
living in a convenient part of the town for that purpose. 

Signed Thomas Penniman, ] 

Thomas Farewell, > Selectmen. 
John Safford, ) 

Jan. 25, 1799. 

This may certify that we, the Selectmen of Washing- 
ton, do approbate Isaac French to mix all liquors on pub- 
lic days, such as Trainings, Town Meetings, &c., for the 
present year. 

David Danforth, \ Select- 
Jonathan Clark, j men. 

Joseph Healy, having made application to us for license 
to sell mixed liquors, we hereby grant them the same, he 
living in a convenient place. 

Jeremiah Bacon, \ 

AzARiAH Faxon, / Selectmen. 

Ephraim Farewell, ) 

Jan. 5, 1797. 

Washington, N. H. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 9I 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Among the first, blacksmiths, was Daniel Sevrance, 
who lived in what is known as the Burns pasture, between 
the farms of Cyrus K. Farnsworth and James S. Farns- 
worth. Asahel Ingalls built a shop on the brook, south- 
west of the David Ingalls homestead, and operated his 
bellows by water power, making shaves, chisels etc. Some 
of his tools are still used. The remains of the dam and 
foundations of the shop, are now plainly to be seen. John 
Merrill had a shop near the card-board shopj and after- 
ward, one between Joseph F. Eaton's residence and the 
Heald house. There was a shop at the corner of the turn- 
pike and South Stoddard road, but no one recollects the 
name of the person who occupied it. Samuel Crane built 
a shop, a little east of Mrs. Campbell's house, on the south 
side of the road. Afterwards, he built a new shop, on the 
same side that the house stands on. The next occupants 
were Smith and Dodge. James Tubbs carried on business 
here a few years, then built another shop, on the Goshen 
road, a short distance from the turnpike. Harry Lowell 
worked in the Crane shop for a time, and later Hiram 
Eaton used it as a wheelwright shop. 

Ziba Crane built a shop which stood opposite Orlando 

F. Crane's shop. He afterward moved to the east part of 
the town, building another shop on his farm, now Sullivan 

G. Spauldings'. David S. Perkins bought the Ziba Crane 
shop, about the year 1822. He worked in this shop for a 
few years, and then built a shop on the opposite side of 
the road, where O. T. Crane's shop now stands. He 
occupied this shop until his death, which occurred in 1852. 
Afterward Fred A. Farwell worked here for a year or two. 
x'\bial P. Hutchinson was the next occupant. George W. 
Farnsworth carried on business in this shop. Elijah 
Peaslee also worked at blacksmithing here for a few years. 
Sherman Stone then occupied it for three or four years. 
It was then purchased by Hiram C. Young, who took down 



92 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

the old shop and put up a new one in its place. Mr. Younj^ 
sold to O. T. Crane in 1870. 

Smith Brockway built a shop, which stood near Dexter 
Ball's home farm, at the foot of Milieu's pond. Worces- 
ter H. Ball built and occupied a shop on his farm, giving 
his attention to the manufacture of axes. 

EAST WASHINGTON. 

A blacksmith shop was built at East Washington by 
subscription, which was purchased by Mason H. Carr. It 
was occupied by Ezekiel Hadley, James Sargent, Andrew 
J. Cutting and William West. At the present time it is 
owned and occupied by Charles W. Jones. Messrs. Tandy 
and Fifield built a shop at East Washington, which they 
occupied for several years, doing an extensive business. 
Afterward, Mr. Tandy carried on the business alone. The 
shop was sold to Ezekiel Hadley, who, after occupying it 
for a time, sold it to Andrew J. Cutting. Albert Gage 
bought the shop of Mr. Cutting. Proctor and Son pur- 
chased the shop of Mr. Gage, and commenced the manu- 
facture of rakes. 

SHOEMAKING. 

Reuben Wright, Harvey Spaulding, Samuel Cheney, 
Sherman Stone and a Mr. Nichols worked at shoemaking 
in the Fall and Winter months, going from house to house, 
and making shoes for the different families. The shoes 
first made were sewed by hand. When pegged shoes came 
to be worn, a stick of wood was taken from the wood pile, 
and a last made to fit the largest foot in the family ; then 
making the last smaller for the different sizes, until the 
youngest of the family was reached. They also made the 
pegs they used, taking a stick of wood, sawing it off 
the right length, splitting with a knife into cards, sharpen- 
ing them, then splitting again, and seasoning them by the 
fire, after which, they were ready for use. Whether the 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 93 

following verse, from an old and then popular song, was 
more applicable to them, than later members of the craft, 
others can judge. 

"The shoemaker, he whistles and hammers and sweats, 
And promises worli to paj'' off his old debts, 
Next week you shall have it, if existence is spared. 
But when the time comes, he is never prepared. 
In these hard times!" 

Col. Harry Train established a shoe shop in connection 
with his tannery. His son, Charles, succeeded him in the 
business. Afterwards, another son, Henry Train, carried 
on the business in the same shop. Subsequently he 
bought a shop, built by Andrew J. Cutting, which stood 
near Miss Sabrina French's home, and moved it near the 
old shop. This he used for several years, then sold to 
Lucius C. Young, who moved it beyond and west of Mr. 
Train's house, and fitted it up for a dwelling house. 

Martin Chase came to this town, and opened a shop for 
shoemaking in 1830. At this time there was but little 
competition in the business. The large shops where boots 
and shoes were made and sent out, all over the country, 
were something unheard of, Shoemaking was then quite 
a lucrative business, compared with what it is at the present 
time, when most of the new work, in both boots and shoes^ 
is bought at the country stores. Mending is now the 
greater part of the work done in the shoemakers' shops. 
Mr. Chase worked at the shoe business about twenty 
years, when he closed his shop and retired from business. 

Joseph A. Simonds commenced the shoemaking busi- 
ness, in the house now owned by Hiram C. Young. After- 
wards he worked in the house once owned and occupied 
by Patty Smith. Later, he built a shop on the upper 
road, where he worked for several years. 

Shubael VV. Hurd commenced work in the shoe busi- 
ness, in the basement of the brick store, in 1866, doing 
business there until 1870, when he purchased the Sarah 



94 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Shedd house, which he used for a shop until 1875. He 
now occupies a shop at his home. 

EAST WASHINGTON. 

Henry Bixby built the building now occupied by Hiram 
J. Gage as a store, for a shoe shop, carrying on the busi- 
ness in it himself. He was succeeded in business by 
Thomas Peaslee. Later Andrew J. Cutting worked at 
the same business here. It was occupied, for about two 
years, by Joshua L. Jaquith as a harness shop. It was 
then purchased by Hiram J. Gage, who repaired and en- 
larged it for a store. 

HARNESS SHOPS. 

William Farwell commenced the saddle and harness 
business in the building now occupied by Mrs. James 
Tubbs, as a dwelling house. After working at this busi- 
ness a few years, he went to Massachusetts, but returning 
here again, he resumed business at the same place. Se- 
wall Jones was the next one to carry on the business in 
this place. His shop was in the building now owned and 
occupied by Mrs. Jaquith. He was succeeded in business 
by Joshua L. Jaquith, who carried on the business for 
many years at the same place. Arthur H. Jaquith was 
his successor, and has the business now, at the same place; 

HATTERS. 

Luther Mellen was the first individual to establish the 
hatting business in this town, building and using the west 
L of the Lull store for that purpose. He was succeeded 
in this trade by John F. Longdo. In later years, Ira 
Millen built a hatter's shop, on the North Stoddard road, 
in what is now J. A. Simonds' pasture, carrying on the 
business but a few years. 

MARBLE WORK AND OTHER INDUSTRIES. 

Among the industries not usually carried on in like 
small towns, is the marble working business. It was es- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 95 

tablished by William and Ebenezer Davis, in a shop which 
joined the Brainard tavern, and was burned with the tavern 
in 1830. David Farnsvvorth, 2nd, succeeded them, build- 
ing a new shop, which is the house now occupied by O. T. 
Crane. Luther A. Mellen next took the business, contin- 
uing it at the same place, but after a time removed it to 
• his present residence. 

Sullivan W. Healy had a shop in what is now called the 
Thayer house, where he made stoves, buying the castings 
at the foundry near the mills. Isaac Needham worked at 
the wheelwright business, in a shop a little west of the 
brick store. Hiram Eaton worked at the same business 
in the Samuel Crane shop. 

Elbridge Bradford fitted up a shop, opposite to the Ward 
Sampson house, where he did wood repairing, in its vari- 
ous branches, in connection with the undertaker's business. 
John L. Safford purchased the business in 1867, and still 
continues to carry it on. 

Hiram C. Young built a shop, near O. T. Crane's black- 
smith shop, where he did wheelwright and other wood 
repairing. 

Joseph L. Newman kept a small tin shop in the L 
of the brick store. Afterward James Newman worked 
at the same business, at the same place for a year, or 
two. 

Warren W. Hill carried on the cabinet business, for a 
number of years, at the place now owned by George W. 
Gage. 

James B. Tubbs has had, for some years, a jeweller's 
shop at the house of his mother, Mrs. James Tubbs. 

There was a potash where L. A. Mellen's house now 
stands. It was used for that purpose for many years. 
Another nearly opposite the Hiram Eaton house. Still 
another near the brook in Mrs. Abigail E. Jaquith's field. 
They all have long since disappeared. 



96 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

TANNERIES, 

About the year 1800, Dea. Jonathan Clark built a tan- 
nery on the brook, a few rods west of the present home 
of Henry Train. It was subsequently purchased by Col. 
Harry ^Train, who carried on an extensive business of 
tanning and shoemaking. Charles Train succeeded his 
father in the business of both tanning and shoemaking. 
Henry Train was the next occupant. The tannery and 
shoemaking have both long since disappeared. 

William Murdough built a small tannery where L. A. 
Mellen's house stands. Afterward it was used as a potash, 
for a long time. It was then purchased by Mr. Mellen, 
who built a house on the spot. 

BRICK YARDS. 

There was a brick yard near Charles Lowell's house, a 
little north of it, where bricks were made, as early as 
1792, and perhaps a little earlier. Another was made, on 
the farm where Ellis Copeland lives, by Reuben Wright. 
Another was built by John Spring, near James S. Farns- 
worth's. Jesse and Daniel Smith built another below the 
village on the McOuestion meadow, owned at present by 
Hartwell Wright. The last one in which any business 
was carried on, was located at the head of Milieu's pond. 
It was owned, and brick manufactured in it for a long term 
of years, by Ammi Millen. This one is supposed to have 
been the first one built in town, but the fact cannot be 
definitely ascertained. This industry, like many others, 
belongs to the past. 

George L. Mellen invented, and has made during the 
last twenty years, a turbine water wheel that has gained a 
wide reputation. 

MASONS. 

The trade of a mason has been followed by Mark Saf- 
ford, Jonathan Clark, Jr., Joseph Safford, Frederick Mil- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 97 

len, Worcester H. Ball, Horace Wood, John Wood and 
Gardner Millen. 

CARPENTERS. 

The first record we find of carpenters is in the year 
1787, when the following were chosen to work upon the 
meeting house : Church Tabor, Joseph Tabor, John Healy, 
Joseph Millen, Joseph Rounsevel, Esq., Capt. Jonathan 
Brockway, Capt. Israel Proctor, William Guild, Dea. Eben- 
ezer Jaquith, Ebenezer Spaulding, Jacob Burbank, Simeon 
Farnsworth, Robert Steel, Lieut. Ebenezer Wood, John 
Safford, David Farnsworth. This comprises the names of 
those who worked on the meeting house. 

Since then we find a list of carpenters as follows : Reu- 
ben Farnsworth, John Shedd, Stephen Melvin, Samuel 
Flanders, Benjamin Clark, Rodney Gove, Gilman Bailey, 
Cyrus Barnes, Tristam Collins, Henry Collins, Joseph O. 
Morrill, Elbridge Bradford, John Smith, Hiram Eaton, 
Horatio Eaton, George W. Newman, William J. Eaton, 
John L. Safford, Edward W. Brooks. There were not a 
great number of these carpenters, who made that trade 
exclusively their business ; but the larger part of them 
owned farms and worked at their trade at different parts 
of the year as they had opportunity. 

FARMS. 

The farms of the town comprise the real industry by 
which the mills and shops are kept busy. The occupied 
farms are many less in number than fifty years ago ; but 
numbering at the present time, more than one hundred ; 
and deserted building sites can be counted, that will 
reach nearly three-fourths of that number. 

There are still many fine and productive farms, which 
yield a good income to their owners. The land, after 
having been cultivated for more than a hundred years, of 
course, requires different treatment from what it did when 
it was new ; and, although the number of cultivated acres 



98 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

are so much less, our farmers are conducting the tillage 
of their lands in a more scientific manner, and thereby 
reaping the fruits of the soil, by intelligent cultivation. 
The sugar crop can be reckoned one of the chief sources 
of income, there being nearly one hundred sugar houses 
for the manufacture of that product. The sugar crop has 
reached the amount of fifty-three tons in a year. 

There is a large amount of nice fruit raised, and the 
grain crop will compare very favorably with surrounding 
towns. The decrease in the number of horses and cattle 
is in proportion to the less number of occupied farms, 
while the quality of the stock has been much improved. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Early Ministers — how chosen — characteristics. First Ministers in 
"Washington. Mr. Leslie. Cold Winter. Dark Day. Mr. Leslie's 
Congregation prior to 1800. Mr. Leslie's death. 




IHE first ministers in New Hampshire were chosen 
by vote of the town, and a tax was levied for 
their support. This custom did not meet with 
approval as new sects sprang into existence, and, in 1818, 
the toleration act was passed which contained this import- 
ant provision. "Provided that no person shall be com- 
pelled to join or support, or to be classed with any congre- 
gation, church, or religious society, without his consent 
had been obtained." The Congregational denomination 
was the "standing order" until this time, although, for 
some years, other churches had been gaining ground, and 
had been recognized in Washington as early as 1800. 

The early ministers were men of distinction, and lead- 
ers in the towns where they lived. They were usually 
thoroughly educated, and were strict in their theological 
opinions, firm believers in the creed, and stern opposers 
of anything which they considered as having a tendency 
towards heresy. "They preached morality as an essential 
element of true religion," practiced it in their own lives, 
and had but little charity for offenders against the laws 
of church or state. They were treated with deference 
by their associates, and children were taught to show 
them a respect that almost seemed reverence. In some 



lOO piSTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

churches it was customary for the congregation to remain 
standing in their pews while the minister passed from the 
meeting house, after the services were concluded. But 
the times have changed since the days of Mr. Leslie ; 
respect for superiors is no longer considered a cardinal 
virtue ; and, although we may not wish to return to the 
austerity of the olden time, a more respectful demeanor 
of the youth of our day towards their elders, would be 
commendable. 

At a town meeting held March, 1779, it was voted to 
raise fifty pounds to pay for preaching. Mr. Houston was 
paid for two days' preaching ; and Mr. Kendall for four 
days'. Rev. Thomas Kendall was graduated at Dartmouth 
College in the year 1774. He was born at Framingham, 
Massachusetts, in 1745, and died at Lebanon, New York, 
in 1836. 

In 1779 proposals were made to Rev. George Leslie 
to settle in town, his salary to be fifty-five pounds, to be 
paid in rye, corn, beef, and other provisions. He was to 
have the two hundred acres of land provided in the town 
charter for the first settled minister. Rev. Mr. Kendall 
was chosen to transmit the proposal to him, and Robert 
Mann was to wait on him the first week in November, to 
receive his answer. He consented to come ; and money 
was raised by subscription to move him to this town. 

It had previously been decided by the town to accept 
the Ashley lot for the first settled minister. This lot was 
bounded on the east by the Rounsevel lot, on the north 
by the Sampson lot. The house, which was the perma- 
nent home of Mr. Leslie, was built on the south-west side 
of the common, near where the North Stoddard road 
forms an angle with the main street which passes through 
the common and goes on towards Marlow. 

Mr. Leslie was a native of Colerain, in Ireland. He 
was born in 1727. His parents came to this country 
when he was less than two years old. He was graduated 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. lOI 

at Cambridge in 1748. He married Hepsibah Burpee, of 
Topsfield, Massachusetts, in 1756. He was a man of 
more than ordinary literary attainments, and instructed 
many young men in the preparation for college, and also 
students in divinity. 

He left Limebrook for Washington in March, 1780, 
and was nine days on a journey of eighty miles. His 
privations, during the first years of his settlement were 
great. The winter of 1779,-80 was one of unusual sever- 
ity. On the 19th of October, 1779, snow fell to the 
depth of two feet, and did not disappear until late in the 
following spring. Many cattle died of starvation. A day 
of fasting and prayer was held on account of the sad 
prospects of the people. This was known as the hard 
winter all over New England. Boston harbor was frozen 
over, and the cold was very severe in all parts of the 
country, and a large quantity of snow covered the ground. 

May 19, 1780, the "dark day" occurred, which added 
terror to the gloom of the desolate winter they had passed. 
Those who witnessed the weird and unnatural light of the 
"yellow day" of September, 1881, can imagine something 
of the awe and fear with which the darkness of that day 
was contemplated. The day was followed by an unusually 
dark night, but the sun rose bright and clear on the fol- 
lowing morning, and the glorious light of day was received 
with thankful hearts by those who had been terrified by 
the darkness of the preceding day. 

Mr. Leslie remained here twenty years. He saw many 
changes in the church and town during that time. 

When it was decided to build a meeting house, where 
it was finally located, a new impetus was given to the 
business of the place. Several houses were built near the 
spot, soon a blacksmith's shop and a shoe-maker's shop, 
and a hatter's establishment sprang into existence, and 
the romantic village on the hill was soon known as the 
centre. 



I02 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Settlers had located on the west side of the mountain, 
and a new neighborhood of well-to-do farmers lived there. 
Among them were the Dinsmores, Eliphalet and John, 
who came from Littleton. Also Lieut. Ebenezer Wood, 
the Davises and Voses, all well known and influential 
citizens. 

On the east side of the mountain quite a community 
had started up. The Graveses, Brockways, and Proctors 
had begun to lay the foundation of a thriving village. Mr. 
Leslie's congregation was composed of people from these 
distant sections of the town as well as from the imme- 
diate vicinity. Some came on foot, some on horseback and 
others in various kinds of vehicles ; those who rode dis- 
mounting at the hewn log placed for that purpose near 
the door. The house was large and not provided with 
any means for warming it, and it must have been far from 
comfortable during the long services which it was the cus- 
tom to hold in those days. They had no Sunday School 
then, and during the hour between the services, in sum- 
mer the people gathered in little companies and passed 
the time in social intercourse, or wandered to the grave- 
yard where already many friends and neighbors had been 
lain to rest ; and where the frequent mound bore testimony 
to the fact that the "silent guest" visits every community. 
In the winter season they sought shelter from the cold in 
the hospitable dwellings near by ; and replenished their 
foot-stoves with coals from friendly fires. 

But Mr. Leslie saw all this materially changed. Old 
customs gradually pass away, and give place to more con- 
venient modes of living. He lived to see a church well 
established and in a prosperous condition. 

He died in the year 1800, and the town voted to place 
a head-stone at his grave, on which is engraved the follow- 
ing epitaph which may fittingly close this brief sketch of 
his life. "He was a man of brilliant genius and great 
learning, and eminent for piety and morality." 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. IO3 

After the death of Mr. Leslie the town ceased to take 
the control of church affairs, and the money that was 
raised by tax for the support of the gospel, was divided 
among the different sects which had arisen in the town. 

From the year 1800 the History of each church will be 
given in a division by itself. 



CHAPTER XV. 



CONGKEGATIONAL CHURCH HISTORY. 




HIS church was organized in May, 1780. Eben- 
ezer Jaquith and John Farnsworth were chosen 
first deacons. After the death of Mr. Leslie, 
there was no settled minister for several years. Rev. 
John Stoddard and Daniel Weston preached, each a short 
time. The Rev. Isaac Robinson came as a candidate for 
settlement, but remained only a short time. He after- 
wards settled in Stoddard, and became celebrated as a 
scholar a^d preacher. 

In 1803, Rev. John Lord was ordained as pastor, and 
remained until 1806. Mr. Lord was born at Lyme, Con- 
necticut in 1777; was graduated at Dartmouth in 1797. 
He died at Buffalo, New York, in 1839.* 

* John Chase Lord, D.D., was the son of Rev. John and Sarah 
(Chase) Lord, born in Washington, Aug. 9, 1805. He was educated 
at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire ; at Madison 
LTniversity, and Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. He was 
admitted to the bar in 1828, at Buftalo, New York, where he remained 
until 1831. He then entered the Theological Seminary at Auburn, 
New York, and was graduated from that institution in 1833. He was 
ordained pastor over the Presbyterian church at Genesee, New York, 
in 1834. In 1835 he was installed pastor of the Central Presbyterian 
church at Buftalo, New York, where he remained thirty-eight years. 
He died at Buliiilo in 1877. Mr. Lord received the degree of Doctor 
of Divinity from Hamilton College in 1841. He was the author of 
many books — his published works reaching the number of thirty- 
seven — including sermons, lectures, addresses, and volumes on vari- 
ous subjects, and closing with a collection of poems in 1869. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. IO5 

Rev. Caleb Burge preached during the year 1807. He 
was born in Tolland, Connecticut, in 1782; was graduated 
at Middlebury in 1806. He removed to the state of New 
York and commenced the practice of medicine, but was 
soon called upon to preach, and continued to do so until 
his death, which occurred in 1838, and which was the 
result of an accident, he being thrown from his carriage 
by his horse suddenly taking fright. 

In 1 8 10, Christopher Page was called to the pastorate 
of the church. He was a native of Hardwick, Massachu- 
setts, was graduated from Dartmouth in 1784. He died 
at Salisbury, New Hampshire, Oct. 12, 1822. Next came 
Cyrus Kingsbury, a young man of great ability. He de- 
clined a call to settle in Washington. He was a graduate 
of Brown University of the class of 18 15. He devoted 
his life to labor among the Indians, and was a missionary 
of the American Board at Pine Ridge, in the Choctaw 
nation. 

In 1 8 17, Rev. Broughton White commenced his labors 
as pastor of the church, which enjoyed a great degree of 
prosperity during his pastorate. About fifty new mem- 
bers joined the church, and many more were converted 
and united with other churches. In 18 18 Mr. White was 
ordained, and he remained here until the year 1831. The 
deacons of the church at this time were John Mellen and 
Jonathan Clark. Mr. White was the friend of education 
as well as religion, and served as Superintendent of 
schools, appointed by the town. He was a man of con- 
siderable ability, and was much esteemed by all. He was 
born in Westmoreland in 1779; was graduated at Dart- 
mouth College in the year 1797; was the Principal of 
Chesterfield Academy at one time. He died in Acworth, 
in the year 1861. His wife, formerly Ruth Sabin of Put- 
ney, Vermont, was a lady of superior intellect, and their 
children inherited the characteristics of their parents. 

Rev. Walter Harris preached for a short time after Mr. 



I06 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

White's departure. He was an aged man, but still an 
able an impressive speaker. He was born at Lebanon in 
1761. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and a brother 
fell at his side at the battle of Brandywine. 

The next incumbent, the Rev. Joseph Goffe, was a man 
of great intellectual endowments, an able preacher, and of 
a social disposition. He was a grandson of John Goffe, 
for whom Goffstown was named. Mr. Goffe was born 
at Bedford in 1776. He was a graduate of Dartmouth 
College. 

Mr. Asa Putney, who was not at that time an ordained 
minister, preached part of the year 1836. He was a 
native of Warner, studied at Amherst College, and was 
graduated at Andover. He was devoted to his work, and 
highly esteemed during the short time he remained here. 
After Mr, Putney came the Rev. Joel Davis, who remained 
here three years. He was affable and social in his man- 
ners, acceptable in the pulpit, and esteemed as a citizen. 
He was a native of Hubbardstown, Massachusetts. He 
was succeeded by Rev. Samuel Mason, a native of Caven- 
dish, Vermont. -He had not been educated for the min- 
istry, but was a man of fine natural abilities, and only 
needed the advantages of a good education to enable him 
to rank among the leading men of his profession. 

The church had long felt the need of a different place 
of worship from the town house, which they had occupied, 
together with other denominations, and could not have as 
a regular place in which to hold religious services ; accord- 
ingly they commenced to raise subscriptions, and suc- 
ceeded in getting a sufficient amount in the years 1839-40. 
The church building was erected in the summer of 1840, 
and dedicated the following winter. 

Mr. Mason was succeeded in 1842 by Rev. Timothy 
Darling of Henniker, New Hampshire. He was gradu- 
ated at Cambridge in 1822, studied law and practiced at 
Richmond, Virginia, and in Michigan, and was clerk of 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. lO/ 

the House of Representatives in the latter state. Becom- 
ing interested in religion, he studied theology at Gilman- 
ton, New Hampshire, and engaged in the work of the 
ministry. 

In the summer of 1844, Rev. John Griswold commenced 
his labors in Washington, and continued here for twenty- 
two years — a longer period of time than any other minis- 
ter has ever remained pastor of a church in this town. 
He was a man of energy and persistence in whatever he 
undertook, and manifested much interest in the cause of 
religion, and was greatly missed when he left town. He 
died at Brooklyn, New York, in 1877, at the age of sev- 
enty-six years. He was a native of Greenfield, Massa- 
chusetts, was graduated at Yale College in 1821, and pur- 
sued his theological studies at Andover. Mr. Griswold 
was not engaged in the ministry after leaving Washington. 
He resided for some time at Deerfield, Massachusetts, and 
at the time of his death was living with his son-in-law, 
Daniel G. Wild, Esq., who married his only daughter. 
Mrs. Griswold was a lady of cultivated mind and pleasing 
manners, and won the regard of the community in which 
she lived. 

Rev. William Claggett came next after Mr. Griswold. 
He was much esteemed as a citizen and preacher. He 
died, suddenly, in 1870, deeply regretted by the church 
and community. He was born at Litchfield in 1796, was 
a graduate of Dartmouth College and studied theology 
with Samuel Wood, D. D., of Boscawen. 

In 1 87 1, Rev. Henry Colburn began his work here. He 
was born in Groton, New Hampshire, in 1833. He stud- 
ied theology with Rev. Mr. Conant of Hebron, New 
Hampshire. He was for some time in the services of the 
New Hampshire Bible Society. During the last year of 
his pastorate here he preached also at Stoddard, part of 
the day in each place, residing in Stoddard during that 
time. In 188- he removed to Stewartstown. 



I08 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

J. A. Rowell, who was a licensed preacher, supplied the 
church in 1880. Rev. Harry L. Brickett, then a student 
at Andover, preached for the church in the summer of 
1 88 1. He is now a pastor of a church in Lynnfield, 
Massachusetts. Rev. W. W. Downs preached here dur- 
ing his summer vacations from his regular pastorate in 
Boston, in 1882, '8;^. Mr. Hall and Mr. Preston, theolog- 
ical students from Yale, respectively supplied the pulpit 
during the summers of 1884 and 1885. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



EAST WASHINGTON CALVINISTIC BAPTIST CIIUECH. 




ESIDENTS of the eastern portion of Washing- 
ton found it very inconvenient to attend church 
at the center of the town — the road was hilly, 
and the distance considerable — and, in the year 1800, 
they decided to form a church in their own neighbor- 
hood. The first Baptist church in New Hampshire was 
organized in 1755, and at this time there were about forty 
churches of that order in the state. 

Oct. I, 1800, a council met and the following persons 
united to form the Calvinist Baptist church : Caleb Wood- 
ward, Nathaniel Gordon, William Ayers, Reuben Brock- 
way, Sally Woodward, Millie Gordon, Abigail Benney, 
Susanna Witt, Polly Graves and Caty Graves. 

Rev. Abishai Grossman, and Elders Cummings, Brooks, 
Gates, Wiltman, and Paul, the latter a colored man, are 
mentioned as preaching here occasionally. Elder Cross- 
man was born at Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1752, was a 
college graduate, and had been^ settled in Boston, Massa- 
chusetts, New Boston and Unity, New Hampshire, and in 
various places in Vermont. In the year 18 13 he returned 
to Unity, where he continued to preach until his death, 
which occurred in 1830. He has one daughter still living 
in Unity, Mrs. Almira Clough, aged eighty-six years. 

Rev. Nathan Ames preached part of the year 1826 and 
in 1827 he was called to take pastoral charge of the church. 
He was engaged to preach half of the time for the first 



no HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

year, to be paid one hundred dollars, one-half in produce 
and the other half in money. Mr. Ames preached here 
until Jan., 1834. He was born at New Boston in the year 
1785. He preached in Sutton, New Hampshire and New- 
buryport, Massachusetts, before coming here. 

He was about twenty-five years of age when he was con- 
verted and joined the Congregational church, but he soon 
after changed his views and became a Baptist. He was a 
man of considerable talent, firm and decided in character, 
and under his care the church prospered and increased in 
numbers. He owned, while living here, the farm now 
belonging to Dea. Samuel Fletcher. He died in Jamaica, 
Vermont, in 1848. 

At a meeting of the people living in East Washington 
and its vicinity held Dec. 18, 1826, it was decided to form 
a society and build a meeting house. At a meeting held 
at Gardner Spaulding's they voted to build by proprietors' 
shares, each share being twenty-five dollars ; and the 
proprietors voted to accept the land offered by Gardner 
Spaulding, next to the grave-yard, he receiving one share 
in the building. A building committee was chosen con- 
sisting of Robert Carr, Benjamin Smith, Moses Woods, 
Joseph Crane, Jr., and Robert Carr, Jr. The house was 
built during the summer of 1827, and dedicated Nov. 6, of 
the same year. Until this time meetings were held in the 
school house or in some dwelling house. It is recorded 
that they met in Brother Brockway's east room. 

Elder Nathan Ames was installed pastor the same day 
that the church was dedicated, he preaching the sermon on 
that occasion. This house was burned Dec. i, 1841, and 
rebuilt during the summer of 1842. 

Rev. David Gage came here in 1834 and was ordained 
and settled as pastor in 1835. He remained here until 
1846. During his pastorate the church increased in num- 
bers and became amply able to sustain its religious organ- 
ization. Mr. Gage, while yet a young man, showed those 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. Ill 

energetic, wide-awake traits of character, which he con- 
tinued to display in maturer years ; and which have emi- 
nently fitted him for a leader in the church and denomi- 
nation to which he belongs. 

He removed from here to New Boston, New Hampshire, 
and has since preached in Marlow, Acworth, and Unity. 
In 1855 he was appointed State Missionary, and in 1862 
he became agent and missionary of the New Hampshire 
Baptist Convention, in which position he continued until 
1878. His home is now in Manchester, New Hampshi-re, 
where he celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his mar- 
riage, July 30, 1885, receiving the congratulations of a 
large company of friends, both members of his own church, 
and many from other denominations. He still retains the 
intellectual vigor of manhood, and the keen sense of 
humor which renders him as interesting a speaker as in 
former years. 

Daniel P. Deming was born at Cornish, New Hamp- 
shire in 1 8 16. His early life was passed on his father's 
farm, where he had the advantages of the district school. 
Left the farm for the school at New Hampton, graduating 
from the Theological* Department in 1844. Ordained for 
the gospel ministry at East Washington Oct., 1845, ^"^ 
remained here until 1848. He then removed to Cornish, 
where he remained for seven years. Afterwards preached 
in Plainfield for five years, was then obliged to give up 
preaching on account of ill health. He was married to 
Ann A. Clough of Campton, New Hampshire, in 1846. 
Second wife, Abby A. Hardy of Hollis, New Hampshire. 
He died in Cornish in June, 1885. 

Nathan Chapman preached for the church about a year, 
leaving in 1849. 

Rev. Simeon L. Elliott began preaching here in 1849, 
and closed his labors in the spring of 185 1. He was re- 
spected as a clergyman while he labored here. Of his life 



112 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

since he removed from this place, nothing has been 
learned. 

Rev. Albert Heald was pastor of the church from 185 i 
until 1865. He was born at Nelson in 1818. He attend- 
ed the winter terms of the district school until he was 
twenty years of age; afterwards the Academy at Han- 
cock, New Hampshire ; was graduated from the Theological 
department at New Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1847. 
He had taught school during a part of each year while en- 
gaged in his studies. He married Miss Harriet Munson 
of Whately, Massachusetts, in 1848. His first pastorate 
was in Lyman, Maine, where he was ordained in 1849. 

In 1853, Mr. Heald bought the house in the lower part 
of the village built by James Howe, and some land on 
the opposite side of the stieam, across which he built a 
bridge. Mr. Heald was a kind and genial neighbor, and 
friend and while being earnestly engaged in religious work, 
labored in the field, and met as an equal and on familiar 
terms with the laborers around him. 

In the autumn of 1857, one of the most important re- 
ligious revivals began which this church has ever known. 
It continued many months, and, dtiring the following 
summer, forty members were added to the church by bap- 
tism, and others by letter, which increased its membership 
from ninety to one hundred and forty. 

Mr. Heald removed to Warner, New Hampshire, in 
1865, afterwards settling in Amherst and Meriden, and in 
1 88 1 he removed to Felchville, where he still remains. 

Rev. Eli P. Noyse came here after Mr. Heald's depart- 
ure. He was born in Jefferson, Maine, in 1835. His 
educational advantages were limited in his youth, but later 
on he attended school at Yarmouth, Maine, teaching, 
and working, and studying until he entered college at 
Waterville, Maine. Before finishing the college course 
he decided to enter Newton Theological ^Institute and 
■prepare for the ministry. He was graduated from there 




d^Lor jcit./^k^^. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, II3 

in June, 1861, and commenced his labors at East Wash- 
ington the following Sabbath. He removed to Amherst, 
New Hampshire, in 1868, and from there to South Acton, 
Maine, where he remained seven years. Failing health 
compelled him to leave the ministry in 1878. He bought 
a farm in Lebanon, Maine, hoping in time to regain his 
health ; but his hope was vain ; he continued to fail until 
death ensued in 1883. He was married to Miss MarciaC. 
Spaulding in 1865. 

Rev. Horace G. Hubbard came herein 1868. He was 
born at Champion, New York, in 1829. He was graduated 
from the Theological School at Hamilton, New York, 
in 1858. He commenced to preach at Milford, Massachu- 
setts. He was afterwards settled in Bristol, Rhode Island, 
Chatham, Massachusetts, and in East Washington, from 
1868 until 1 87 1, when he removed to Meriden, New 
Hampshire, and afterwards preached at Lyndeborough, 
and Plaistow, New Hampshire. He was married in i860 
to Sophronia K. Percy of Bristol, Rhode Island. 

Rev^ Mr. Ballantyne came here after Mr. Hubbard left. 
He removed from this place to his former home in St. 
Johns, New Brunswick. 

Rev. Addison Brown came here in 1874 and remained 
until 1877. He was born at Brentwood, New Hampshire, 
in 1823. He was licensed to preach in New Jersey in 

1848, and also by the Baptist Church in Brentwood in 

1849. ^3.5 sent a delegate of the Christian Commission 
in the Department of the Gulf in 1864. After leaving 
East Washington in 1877, he was appointed Soliciting 
Agent for several different charitable societies. His pres- 
ent home is at Boston Highlands, Massachusetts. Mr. 
Brown is of a genial and pleasant temperament, and in a 
quiet manner did much to bring about a kindly. Christian 
sentiment in the community, while he remained in East 
Washington. 

Rev. Samuel H. Anderson was born at Rochester, New 



I 14 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

York, in 1847. He commenced a course of study intend- 
ing to engage in the legal profession, but before finishing 
the course he felt called upon to enter the ministry. He 
fitted for college at Madison University, Hamilton, New- 
York, and was graduated from Rochester Theological 
Seminary in 1876. Was licensed to preach by the Baptist 
church at Fairfax, Vermont, and ordained in 1877. Accept- 
ed a call to the pastorate of the church in East Wash- 
ington in March, 1877. In April, of the same year the 
church building was destroyed by fire. The work of re- 
building was soon commenced and the new church was 
dedicated Nov. 21, 1877. Mr. Anderson removed from this 
place in 1879, to Middlebury, Vermont, and, in 1881, com- 
menced his pastorate in East Hardwick the same state. 

Rev. Levi M. Powers succeeded Mr. Anderson. He 
has been for thirty years a resident of East Washington 
and has many times supplied the church with preaching 
when there was no regular pastor, always being ready as 
a "minute man" when called upon. He commenced preach- 
ing in Vermont, was ordained in Bolton, Massachusetts, 
came to Hillsborough in 1844, where he labored as pastor 
of the Baptist church for five years. Mr. Powers has 
much natural ability as a speaker, and an earnest desire to 
work in the vineyard of the Lord, and had his educational 
advantages been greater would doubtless have followed a 
more extended field of labor. He is now well advanced 
in years but still retains his mental faculties in a good 
degree unimpaired. 

The church was supplied by different persons for about 
three years, some only remaining a short time. Rev, 
Mr. Gookin a young man yet engaged in his theological 
studies preached here one year. Rev. Mr. Beavins, a 
native of England, also remained a year. Rev. E. P. Hoyt 
also preached here for a time. 

Rev. E. A. Edwards came here in Sept., 1883, and is the 
pastor at the present time. He is much esteemed as a 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. II 5 

social, Christian gentleman, and his labors in the church 
are appreciated. We copy from the religious history of 
South Hampton. "Rev. E. A. Edwards became pastor of 
the church in 1853. We may regard the pastorate of Mr. 
Edwards as a most successful one. Since leaving us he has 
had pastorates in Wilton, New Hampshire, Gay Head, 
and Mashpee, Massachusetts, and Cape Neddick, Maine. 
Rev. E. A. Edwards was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, 
in 1824, converted in 1842, commenced his studies pre- 
paratory to the ministry in 1844. Pursued a course of 
study at New Hampton in the Classical and Theological 
department, finishing his studies at Newton in June, 1853." 
Mr. Edwards has been appointed Superintending School 
Committee for this town the present year; he filled the 
same office while living in Beverly. 

Since the foregoing sketch of Mr. Edwards was written 
he has been called away from the scene of his labors 
here, by death. He died Nov. 4, 1885, after an illness of 
one week. Mr. Edwards was faithful in the discharge of 
his pastoral duties, and had won the regard of the people 
of his charge. He was a trusted friend and kind neighbor ; 
and sustained pleasant relations with those he met from 
day to day, during the two years that he lived here, and 
those who have enjoyed this friendly intercourse, experi- 
enced a keen sense of personal loss in parting with him. 

Sadly the sorrowing wife and sons bore back to his 
former home the husband and father, taken from them in 
the full strength and vigor of manhood, followed by the 
tender regrets of sympathizing friends. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



CHURCHES. 

Universalist Society. Methodist Cliurcli on Turnpike. Seventh 
Day Advents' Church. Methodist Church at East Wasliington. 
Free Will Baptist Church at East Wasliiagton. 




UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. 

iMONG the first members of this Society were 
Church Tabor, Joseph Healy, Thomas Waldron, 
and David Farnsworth. They were united with 
a society in Marlow. There were but few Universalist 
churches organized in the state at that time. The first 
one was formed at Portsmouth in 178 1. 

In 1799 Rev. Ebenezer Paine preached in Washington 
several times, and, being a man of pleasing manners and 
good pulpit talents, he made a deep impression upon his 
hearers, and soon after a society was formed, which con- 
sisted of persons residing in this town and Stoddard, 
Marlow and Lempster. The proportion of the money 
raised by the town for religious purposes, which was al- 
lowed this society, was ^39.50, for the year 1802. Mr. 
Paine was a native of Charlestown, Massachusetts. He 
removed to New York in 1811. 

The society had no regular preacher until the year 1820, 
when it was reorganized, and engaged Rev. Robert Bart- 
lett and Jacob Wood to preach alternately. 

In 1824 Rev. Lemuel Willis commenced preaching and 
remained here about a year. After he left they had the 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 11/ 

services of Rev. Mr. Dinsmore, T. G. Farnsworth, William 
Bell, J. D. Williamson, each for a short time. Rev. O. A. 
Skinner was engaged in 1827, but did not remain long. 
He was a man of much talent and a prominent clergy- 
man in his denomination. Rev. David Cooper, a native 
of Sutton, was engaged in 1832 and preached about two 
years. He died in Sutton in 1885. In 1834 Rev. Josiah 
Oilman entered the field and continued his work for sev- 
eral years. He was a native of Atkinson, a quiet man, 
and esteemed as a good citizen. 

In 1840 Rev. Lemuel Willis bought the farm of Dea. 
David Farnsworth and preached for this church one year. 
He then sold the farm and removed from town. Mr. 
Willis was an able man, and zealous in every good work, 
especially in promoting the cause of temperance. He 
was born at Westmoreland, New Hampshire, and died at 
Warner in 1878. He left three sons — Dr. Willis, of Bos- 
ton ; Algernon S., of Claremont ; and Harlan, of War- 
ner. Rev. Nathaniel Holden, who came from Massachu- 
setts, bought the farm of Mr. Willis, and kept it in his 
possession one year, preaching during the time. 

In 1843 an invitation was given to Rev. Nathan R. 
Wright to preach for the church. He was a grandson of 
Col. Jacob Wright, and son of Dr. Nathaniel Wright. 
He was born in this town, and his estimable wife was also 
a native of Washington. 

Mr. Wright entered upon his duties in the spring of 
1843, and remained here thirteen years. He was much 
beloved by his church, and respected by his townsmen, 
who elected him a member of the school board for twelve 
years, in which position he did efficient work. He was 
for some years connected with the Tubbs Union Acad- 
emy, both as trustee and president of the board. In 
measures of reform he took a lively interest, and did a 
great deal to promote the cause of temperance. As a 
minister of the gospel he was called upon, from far and 



Il8 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

near, to visit the sick and attend funerals. He was always 
ready to give a word of cheer to the desponding, and to lend 
a helping hand to the needy. His faithful wife has gone 
to the better land, leaving the memory of good deeds 
among those who knew her ; while he, enjoying a good 
degree of vigor, still continues the work to which his 
life has been devoted. Mr. Wright removed from Wash- 
ington to Reading, Massachusetts, and afterwards to 
Lynn, where he now resides. He has one daughter, and 
two sons — The Hon. Carroll D. Wright, of Boston, and Lu- 
cius B. Wright, of Everett, Massachusetts. Another son, 
Wallace W., together with his wife, perished in the catas- 
trophy which befell the ill-fated City of Columbus in 1884. 
In 1868 the Rev. Lemuel Willis was once more en- 
gaged to preach here a portion of the time. Since that 
year the society has not employed any regular preacher, 
and for several years meetings have been discontinued. 

METHODIST CHURCH ON THE TURNPIKE. 

The Methodist meeting house, situated on the turnpike, 
near the Windsor line, was built in the year 1839. The 
religious interest in that section of the town and the ad- 
jacent neighborhood, at that time, was the result of the 
efforts of Miss Sarah A. Orne, an evangelist, who, while 
an operative in a cotton mill at Nashua, commenced to 
preach and exhort as she had opportunity ; and on com- 
ing to Hillsborough and Windsor, she travelled from house 
to house, and spent her time in religious labors. Rev. 
Amon S. Tenney was the first preacher in charge of the 
church. Meetings were held here regularly by the Meth- 
odists for ten years or more, after which time, only occa- 
sionally. The Baptists and Adventists also sometimes 
used the house for their meetings. The church building 
was fast going to decay, and the trustees finally decided 
to dispose of it; and in 1880 it was removed from the 
spot. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 1 19 

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 

The following account of the Adventist church was 
furnished by Mr. Cyrus K. Farnsworth : 

The church building was built by the Christian denom- 
ination, in the year 1841. The principal founders were 
Amos Russell, Stephen Russell, Simeon Farnsworth, 
Daniel Farnsworth, John Ball, Dea. Jonathan Clark. 

In 1843-4 ^ large number of the church became Ad- 
ventists, and in 1845, through the influence of Mrs. Ra- 
chel Preston, they commenced the observance of the 
seventh day of the week, and the church property subse- 
quently passed into their hands. 

In 1862 they were organized into a church, taking the 
name of Seventh Day Adventists. There were fifteen 
members at that time. Their present membership is 
forty-five. 

As a body they believe that the Bible plainly teaches 
the near coming of Christ, and that the Sabbath of the 
fourth commandment is still binding. Their only creed is 
" The commandments of God and the faith of Jesus." 

EAST WASHINGTON METHODIST CHURCH. 

There had been for many years a few persons residing 
in East Washington and vicinity who were believers in 
Methodism, and they, having received some additions to 
their number by others moving into the village, decided 
to form a class and church in connection with the class 
already existing in the south-eastern part of the town, on 
the turnpike, where a church building had been erected 
about the year 1840. 

The church was organized by Rev. S. S. Dudley in 
June, 1858, and primarily consisted of eleven members. 
The first stewards chosen were Thomas Peaslee, Elbridge 
Bradford of the Centre class, and Philbrick Curtice. 
Samuel A. Clogston was the first class leader. They 



I20 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

held their meetings in the Hall for a year, when the so- 
ciety built a church, which was dedicated in the autumn 
of 1859. The trustees chosen were Thomas Peaslee, 
Philbrick Curtice, Samuel A. Clogston, Woodbury Dres- 
ser, Reuben Monroe. Mr. Dresser was afterwards ex- 
cused from serving, at his own request, and James A. 
Crane appointed to fill the vacancy. The record that the 
trustees made at this time was as follows : " The said 
House is to belong to the Methodist society, to be used 
by them when they wish, but to be free to all other Chris- 
tian denominations, when not used by the Methodists, by 
applying to the secretary of the trustees." 

The last meeting of the trustees was held March ir, 
1873. To fill vacancies the following men were chosen as 
trustees. Reuben Monroe, Philbrick Curtice, James A. 
Crane, Samuel A. Clogston, Simon Ayer. • 

The Quarterly Conference was at first held in connec- 
tion with the church in Stoddard ; but, in 1859, the East 
Washington and Centre classes met in conference by 
themselves. 

The first preacher in charge was Rev. S. S. Dudley, 
a native of Sudbury, Massachusetts. He commenced 
preaching in Stowe, Massachusetts, in 1838. Mr. Dudley 
has started and aided in building four churches in new 
fields, and has filled all the offices in the church from a 
private member up to an elder ; has had twenty different 
charges, and travelled many hundred miles to fill these 
appointments. He is now living in Fitzwilliam, New 
Hampshire, and is seventy-nine years of age. 

In 1859, ^^- Dudley was succeeded by Rev. B. E. 
Whipple. He preached for this church and at the chapel 
on the Turnpike, alternately, for about two years, when 
Rev. C. N. Lewis took his place. He left here in 1861, 
and died a few years later. After Mr. Lewis left, the 
church was supplied with preachers from the Methodist 
Theological school, which was then located at Concord, 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 121 

New Hampshire. Some of these men only preached for 
a few Sabbaths, and we have not the means of ascertain- 
ing their subsequent fortunes, as they were mostly from 
places far distant from here, and, in the itinerant practice 
of the church which they represented, their locations were 
not easily followed. Edward Richardson preached here 
in 1862. He was a young man of quiet, unobtrusive 
manners, and won the regard of the people in his charge. 
J. H. Lane succeeded him in 1863. He was from Bloom- 
ingsburg. New York, where he had received a license to 
preach. He possessed considerable ability, and was 
afterwards a successful minister in his native State. 
Cornelius V. Pegg came here in 1864. He was quite a 
young man, the son of a clergyman, in Troy, New York. 
He was of more than average ability, quick and ready in 
speech, and fearless in the discharge of what he considered 
to be a duty. He is still remembered with kindly feelings 
by the few who remain of his charge. He has since be- 
come a preacher of considerable influence in the state of 
New York. Thomas Chippafield and Mr. McCutcheons 
preached here for a few months at a time. In 1875 and 
1876 Rev. S. S. Dudley once more supplied the church 
since which time there have been no meetings held here. 
This church was for some years in a prosperous condi- 
tion and exerted a strong religious influence in this place 
and vicinity ; but the fathers passed away, and none arose 
to fill their places, and at this time there remain only eight 
living members of what once constituted this church. 

EAST WASHINGTON FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH. 

The Free Will Baptists originated in this state. Elder 
Benjamin Randall of New Durham was called the found- 
er of this order, and the first, church v/as organized in 
1780. 

The East Washington Free Will Baptist Church was 
organized Feb. 18, 1873 consisting of thirteen members. 



122 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Samuel Fletcher and Auren Peaslee were chosen deacons. 
Rev. G. B. Tewksbury preached for one year. He was 
from Wilmot, New Hampshire, where he still resides. 

March, 1874, chose Rev. E. Smith, pastor. He remained 
with the church ten years. Mr. Tewksbury supplied the 
succeeding two years, with others occasionally taking his 
place. Rev. Thomas H. Smithers, from England, preached 
here for a few months in 1877 and 1878. After his depart- 
ure Rev. John Willis preached for the church two years. 
Since he left the church has had no pastor, although the 
church organization still exists, and they continue to hold 
their Monthly Meetings for business, and social religious 
intercourse. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



PKOFESSIONAL HISTORY. 




ATTORNEYS AT LAW WHO HAVE PRACTICED IN WASHINGTON. 

INCE the incorporation of Washington as a town, 
almost one hundred years ago, but five attorneys 
have practiced law here. Of these, two were 
contemporary, living in town during the first half of the 
present century ; both able men, and having more than a 
local reputation for professional ability, and both greatly 
respected as citizens. Mr. Heald was a resident of Wash- 
ington for a little more than forty years ; Mr. Story not 
for so long a time. They both came to the town in 
the earlier years of its history, and doubtless much of its 
prosperity and honorable record was due to their influence. 
David Heald, Esq. Mr. Heald was of the fifth gen- 
eration in descent from John Heald, who came from Ber- 
wick, in England, and settled in Concord, Massachusetts. 
The cognomen John, was transmitted to the fourth gener- 
ation. Our barrister was the son of Oliver, and Lydia 
Spaulding Heald, who settled in Temple, New Hamp- 
shire. He was born in that town, March, 1768, the 
same spring that Col. Kidder gathered his little company 
together and encouraged them to attempt the founding 
of a township amid these wooded hills and vales. He 
was a graduate of Dartmouth College, in the class of 1793, 
and then studied law at Northampton, Massachusetts. 



124 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

He came to Washington about the year 1800, and lived 
at the place where the house now stands which is owned 
by his descendants. He married in 18 10, Miss Phebe Bur- 
bank of Washington. His family consisted of three chil- 
dren — Miss Phebe Heald, who is still living, Lucy O., who 
died in 1844, and David Heald, jr., who died in Waverly, 
Massachusetts, in 1881. He was for a long time a provi- 
sion dealer in North Market St., Boston, a man of good 
business talent and strict integrity. 

David Heald was for forty years a member of the bar 
for the counties of Cheshire and Sullivan. He was chosen 
to represent the town in the state legislature in 1802, and 
continued to serve as representative for twelve years. 
He held many other positions of trust in the town, and his 
services were constantly in demand as a counsellor, both 
in public and private affairs. His death occurred in this 
town in 1841. 

It can be said of David Heald as of nearly all men who 
have risen to honorable positions in the state, — he was a 
self made man, attaining eminence by his own native talent 
and energy. He was of modest worth, and unpretending 
manners. All could trust him and all ' respected him. 
Gifted by nature with more than common ability, he became 
a thorough scholar, and at a time when educational advan- 
tages were not within the reach of all. He was always in- 
terested in the schools and exerted his influence for the 
advancement of the town in educational matters. 

Abraham Burnham Story, Esq. A. B. Story was a 
native of Dunbarton, New Hampshire, born in 1776. He 
was a graduate of Brown University, in the class of 1799. 
He practiced law at Northwood, New Hampshire, for a 
short time, living there about the year 1803. Soon after 
that he removed to Washington, where he remained until 
the year of his death. 

Mr. Story was married to Letitia Cochran in 1804. 
This lady lived only twenty months after her marriage, 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, J 25 

dying at the early age of twenty-eight years. A daughter, 
also named Letitia, survived the mother, and is now living in 
Madison, Wisconsin. Three years after the death of his 
first wife, Mr. Story was married to Theodosia Willard of 
Charlestown, New Hampshire, where she lived after the 
death of her husband and where she was buried. Mr. 
Story was the son of David, and Thankful Story; and he 
died in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, September i6, 1830, 
and he now rests beside his father and mother in the 
Cemetery at Dunbarton Centre. David Story died in 
March, 1834, aged eighty -eight years; and Thankful, his 
wife died in May, 1822, aged seventy-six years. A. B. 
Story was of good address, affable and pleasing in his 
manners ; one of the "old school gentlemen," courtly and 
kindly, A man of culture and refinement and who prac- 
ticed that true politeness, the source of which is a really 
kindly nature. 

The following brief sketch of Christopher G. Newton, 
is by his cousin, William F. Newton Esq., of Newport, 

Christopher G. Newton, son of Erastus Newton of 
Newport, New Hampshire, was born January isth, 1803. 
His boyhood was spent in assisting his father in farming, 
and after a preparatory course of study in the Newport 
Academy, he entered the Middlebury College, Vermont, 
where he graduated. On completing his collegiate studies, 
he commenced the study of law in the office of Hubbard 
Newton of Newport, which he pursued until he was ad- 
mitted to Sullivan County bar, and shortly after opened 
an Qffice at Washington, where he continued in practice 
for many years and then removed to Lawrence, Massachu- 
setts, where he remained until his death, February 15th, 
1871, He married Harriet Hubbard of Washington, June 
9th, 1835, whose death occurred prior to his at Lawrence. 

Dudley Bailey, Esq. established a law office in East 
Washington in the autumn of 1846. He taught the village 
school during the following winter and remained in law 



126 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

practice until the autumn of 1847. He afterwards went 
west, and is now a resident of Kansas. 

Brooks K. Webber, Esq. Mr. Webber, the only other 
lawyer who ever located in East Washington, remained but 
a year in the village, the law business of that place not 
being sufficiently extensive to meet the expectations of a 
rising attorney. 

Mr. Webber is the son of Maximillian J., and Clarissa 
(Swett) Webber ; born in Boscawen (now Webster), New 
Hampshire, in 1837. He obtained his education at the 
schools in Hopkinton, Newport and New London, New 
Hampshire. Read law with Barton and Bowers at New- 
port, New Hampshire, and Converse and French, Wood- 
stock, Vermont, and was admitted to the bar September, 
1859. -H^ commenced the practice of law at East Canaan, 
New Hampshire, the same year. 

In March, 1861 he came to East Washington, and re- 
moved to Antrim the following spring. In August, 1862, 
he enlisted in the i6th Regiment New Hampshire Vol- 
unteers. He was appointed 2nd Lieut, of Co. I., and after- 
wards, I St Lieut., by promotion. At the expiration of his 
term of service in the army he returned to Antrim. Mr. 
Webber was married Dec. i, 1863, to Miss E. Francelia 
Gage, daughter of Isaac N. Gage, Esq., of East Washington. 
Miss Gage was a lady of cultivated mind and pleasing man- 
ners. She died at Hillsborough Lower Village, in 1870. 

Mr. Webber removed to Hillsborough Lower Village in 
1865 and from that place to the Bridge village, where he is 
still located. He has held the position of Superintending 
School Committee in Hillsborough, and was town repre- 
sentative for the years 1868 and 1869, and was a member 
of the Constitutional Convention of 1876. 

Mr. Webber has established a reputation for honorable 
and upright dealing, and is considered a safe and judicious 
counsellor, always exerting his influence to promote har- 
mony, instead of strife among his patrons. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



PHYSICIANS WHO HAVE LIVED AT THE CENTRE 
VILLAGE, WASHINGTON. 



HE physician in the olden time was quite as im- 
portant a personage as the preacher of the Gos- 
pel. Indeed all who had received a liberal edu- 
cation, of whatever profession, were regarded with esteem 
by those who were less favored, and learning commanded 
the respect which is sometimes accorded to wealth. 

The physician was, perhaps regarded with less reverence 
than the popular clergyman — the relation he sustained to 
the public being less spiritual in its tendency, and more 
in harmony with human nature's every day conditions. 
Children reverenced and feared the minister, they respect- 
ed and loved the family doctor. The best room was 
opened to receive the visits of the former, the latter was 
welcomed to the kitchen when his calls were social rather 
than professional. The physician was generally less aus- 
tere than the minister, but even he was something of an 
autocrat in appearance, the result of being often called on 
for counsel on general matters, and having his decisions 
usually regarded. 

Dr. David Harris, the first physician who came to 
Washington to remain for any length of time, may be 
considered a good type of the old fashioned M. D. He 
had a kindly, genial disposition, somewhat given to jesting, 
and always ready with a wprd of cheer or pleasantry for 



128 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

all whom he chanced to meet. He was familiarly known 
to almost every family in town, and all confided in him as 
a friend, and trusted him as their physician. 

He travelled on horse back the roads and bridle paths 
that led over the hills, which when he came here were 
mostly uncleared, with saddle-bags well filled with the 
drugs and medicines then in use. Doubtless they were 
often nauseous as well as remedial, but the good doctor 
had a way of his own of sugar-coating the bitter pills for 
children at least, gently urging them to receive the med- 
icine and they should have some sugar "for Grandsir has 
got a pound." His fee for medical attendance in any 
portion of the town was seventeen cents. He could not 
have acquired a competence from his practice. He should 
be given all honor, even now when honor's voice can no 
longer fill his heart with joy or pride, and praise or blame 
fall alike unheeded. 

Dr. Harris held many of the town offices, and was con- 
sidered a wise counseller in all public business. He was 
chosen town clerk in 1782, which office he held for many 
years. He was made a Justice of the Peace in 1784, and 
was a member of the convention that met at Concord to 
form a State Constitution in the same year. The town 
records kept by him are remarkably neat and legible, the 
penmanship being good, and the work carefully executed. 

It is not known for a certainty where the birth place of 
Dr. Harris was, but it is supposed to be Hardwick, Mas- 
sachusetts. He was born April 14, 1752. Where he was 
educated is not known ; but it is said that he was quite 
learned for the times in which he lived. He was married 
to Miss Rebecca Woods, and had a family of six children. 
He died in Newport, New Hampshire, May 10, 1830. His 
wife died in 183 1. 

During the life time of Dr. Harris there were several 
physicians who lived here for a brief period. Dr. Thomas 
L. Brown we find mentioned in the early records of the 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 1 29 

town. Dr. Studley remained here a short time and then 
moved away. 

Nathaniel Thayer, M. D. Dr. Thayer, seventh in 
descent from Richard Thayer, was the son of Nathaniel 
and Dorcas (Faxon) Thayer, born in Braintree, Massa- 
chusetts, November, 1781, in a house now standing on 
Washington St., near the Cranberry brook in the south 
part of the town. He studied medicine with Dr. Jonathan 
Wales of Randolph, Massachusetts, practiced his profes- 
sion in Washington only a short time, was a Surgeon in 
the U. S. Army in the war of 1812, and died in the hos- 
pital at Buffalo, New York, Aug., 18 14, aged thirty -three 
years. 

While living in this town he built a large house on th^ 
turnpike, a third of a mile from the village, which was 
burned while in the possession of the Jefts family. He 
was married in 1811 to Miss Betsey French of Washing- 
ton. His only child, Cornelia Farnsworth, born in Brain- 
tree in 18 13, died at Florence, Ohio, in 1838. Dr. Thayer 
was a brother of Gen. Sylvanus Thayer, who was the 
founder of Thayer Academy at Braintree, and the Thayer 
School of Architecture and Civil Engineering at Dart- 
mouth College. 

OziAS Mather, M. D. Dr. Mather was born at East 
Haddam, Connecticut, in 1787. Nothing definite is 
known with regard to his education, but it is supposed 
that he was not a college graduate. He received his 
diploma from the New York College of Physicians and 
Surgeons, and located in Dempster about the year 1808. 
He married Miss Harriet Brainard of that town, and, with 
his wife's father, removed to Washington in 18 10. He 
lived in what was known as the Brainard Tavern stand,, 
which was consumed by fire in 1830. He died in 1813, 
being only twenty-six years of age ; but even at that 
early age he had given promise of a life of usefulness, 
and his death was deeply regretted by the community. 



130 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

As we observe how many of those whose lives we record 
were cut down in manhood's prime we are reminded that 
death is not of those 

"That wait the ripened bloom to seize their prey." 

Dr. Mather left a widow who died in Cleveland, Ohio, in 
1853, and two sons, who have honored in their lives them- 
selves and their native town. 

Henry B. Mather, born in 1809, was in mercantile bus- 
iness in Boston, Massachusetts and was considered a man 
of strict integrity. 

.Samuel H. Mather, second son of Dr. Mather, was born 
in 18 1 3. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College in 
th« class of 1834. He studied law at Geneva, New York, 
and Cleveland, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar at 
Cleveland in 1836. His home has been in Cleveland since 
that time. He was a member of the Board of Education 
for several years, an elder in the Presbyterian church 
since 1844, and Clerk of the sessions for thirty -nine years, 
when he resigned the office. He has been for some years 
Secretary and Treasurer of' the Society for Savings, and 
since 1883, has also been President of that institution, 
which is one of the largest of its kind in the country. 
He is now seventy-two years of age ; full of years and 
honors, and still of active and vigorous intellect.* 

* Dr. Nathan Wright was the son of Col. Jacob ^Vright, who was 
one of the early settlers ui Wasliington. Nathan Wright was born in 
1786. His wife was Betsey Lovell, daughter of Simon Lovell, whose 
descendants still reside here. Dr. Wright, at one time, owned the Pen- 
niman farm situated on the road leading to Lempster. He suffered 
from ill health for some time and was finally benefited by the 
Thompsouian treatment, and became a firm believer in that mode of 
practice. He acquired a thorougii knowledge of that sj'stem, and com- 
menced practice in 1817. He lived for a short time after leaving 
Washington in Walpole and LangdoB, and in 1835, he became perma- 
nently located in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, where he practiced 
as a physician during the remainder of his life. 

Ezra L. Wright, the eldest sou of Dr. Nathan Wright, was born in 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. I3I 

The following sketch of Dr. McOuesten was written 
by his son-in-law, Wm. F. Newton, Esq., of Newport, 
New Hampshire. 

"David McQuesten, M. D., son of David McOuesten, 
born at Litchfield, New Hampshire, Sept. 13, 1793. He 
was a descendant in the fourth generation of William Mc- 
Questen, who came from the north of Ireland in 1730, to 
Medford, Massachusetts, from which place he removed to 
Litchfield, New Hampshire, where with his family he lived 
until his decease. Dr. McOuesten, in his boyhood, worked 
upon his father's farm, and after a preparatory course of 
study, entered Dartmouth College, where he pursued his 
collegiate studies for about two years, which he was com- 
pelled to abandon by reason of a partial failure of eye- 
sight. After leaving college he entered upon the study of 
medicine at Dr. Robert Hartley's office in Londonderry, 
New Hampshire, attending several courses of Medical 
Lectures at Boston, Massachusetts, until he received his 
degree, when he commenced the practice of medicine in 
Washington, in the year 1821. He purchased the old 
homestead of Reuben Farnsworth in 1822, where he re- 
mained during his life ; and which continued in the pos- 
session of the family for many years after his death. He 
was married to Pamelia Richardson of Stoddard, New 
Hampshire, in 1823, who, on leaving Washington, after the 
death of her husband, lived with her daughter in Hack- 
ettsburg, New Jersey. 

" Dr. McOuesten was an energetic, outspoken, fearless 
man; he had a widely extended* practice in Washington, 
and adjoining towns for nearly thirty years, and he is still 

Washington in 1807. He was both farmer and physician, having 
studied medicine with his father. 

Xathau E. Wriglit was educated for a physician of the Old Scliool, 
but soon left the practice of that profession and became a clergyman. 
A more extended account of his life is given in the Church History 
of the town. 



132 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

remembered by grateful friends who remain alive, for his 
kind and successful ministrations in the sick room, as well 
as for his active cooperation in all matters pertaining to 
the highest public prosperity of his fellow townsmen. 
He died in May, 1850, aged fifty-seven years." 

Austin Newton, M. D. Dr. Newton was born in New- 
port, New Hampshire, Aug. 23, 18 14. He studied his 
profession with David McOuesten, M. D., of Washington, 
and Prof. Dixi Crosby of Hanover, New Hampshire, and 
was graduated from the Dartmouth Medical College in 
1840, and commenced the practice of medicine in Wash- 
ington the same year. He was married in Dec, 1841, 
to Miss Julia, daughter of Dr. David McOuesten. She 
afterwards married William F. Newton, Esq., of Newport, 
and died Sept. 21, 1883. Dr. Newton died of scarlet- 
fever Nov. 17, 1853. He was a good physician, an up- 
right citizen, and was cut down in the prime of life. 

Dr. Alvah R. Cummings settled in Washington about 
the year 1852, and continued in practice here two or three 
years. He was born in Acvvortb, Aug. 27, 1826, gradu- 
ated at the Medical Department of Dartmouth College in 
1852. He has been for many years a leading physician 
in Claremont, his present place of residence. 

John Q. A. French, M. D. Dr. French, son of Nathan- 
iel French, born at Salisbury, New Hampshire, Feb. 5, 
1828. Educated at Salisbury Academy, Tubbs Union 
Academy, and Sheffield School, at New Haven, Connec- 
ticut. Studied medicine under the instruction of A. H. 
Robinson, M. D., of Salisbury. Attended the Yale Medi- 
cal School, and Vermont Medical College at Woodstock, 
Vermont. Commenced the practice of medicine at W^ash- 
ington in 1855. Was married to Miss Cordelia J. Jones, 
Jan. 2, 1856. Removed from Washington to Hillsborough, 
Jan. 4, i860, where he still resides. While a resident of 
Washington he held the office of town clerk ; and since 
livino- in Hillsborough he has served as Superintending 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 1 33 

School Committee. Dr. French is regarded with respect 
by his townsmen, and is a physician of extensive and sue 
cessful practice. 

RocKwooD G. Mather, M. D. Dr. Mather was born 
Jan., 1840, at Goshen, New Hampshire. He studied med- 
icine with Thomas Sanborn, M. D., of Newport. Was 
graduated from the Harvard Medical School in 1861, and 
located in Washington the same year. He remained here 
but two years; he then removed to Marlow, and soon after 
entered the army as surgeon. At the close of the war he 
studied dentistry and followed that profession until his 
death, which took place in Hancock, New Hampshire, 
April, 1874. His wife, who was Miss Anna Whittemore, 
of Bennington, New Hampshire, died in 1875. 

W. D. Otterson, M. D. Dr. Otterson was born Oct. 
15, 1857, at Lawrence, Kansas. He was educated in the 
public schools of Nashua, New Hampshire. Studied med- 
icine with N. J. Moore, M. D., of Nashua. His diploma 
was granted by the Harvard University Medical School, 
after the four years course. He came to Washington in 
Dec, 1884, practiced medicine here one year, and then 
removed to Hillsborough Bridge, New Hampshire, April 
II, 1885. He was married to Miss Jennie E. Millen of 
Washington. 

Dr. Frank P. Newman. Dr. Newman is a native of 
Washington, born in 1852. He was educated in the dis- 
trict schools and academy of this town, and the New 
Hampshire Conference Seminary at Tilton. Commenced 
the study of dentistry with Bowers & Carey at Hills- 
borough Bridge in the summer of 1875. The following 
year he purchased of Dr. Bowers his interest in the 
business and subsequently that of Dr. Carey. Remained 
there until 1879, when he disposed of his dental practice 
and accepted the position of principal of Valley Academy 
for one year. In 1880 he went to Omaha, Nebraska, and 
again engaged in the practice of dentistry. Leaving Oma- 



134 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

ha on account of ill health, he removed to Dunlap, Iowa, 
where he was engaged in teaching for six months. While 
in that place he was married to Miss Mary Burtt of 
Hillsborough Bridge, New Hampshire. Dr. Newman re- 
turned to Washington in the summer of 1881, and has 
since then taught the annual term of Tubbs Union Acad- 
emy for four years. He is equally at home in the school- 
room and the dental office, being a successful teacher, 
and doing the best of work as a dentist. 

Dr. Sylvester Wood, a practitioner of the eclectic 
school, came to Washington in i860, and lived here until 
1883, when he removed to Hillsborough, where he now 
resides. Dr. Wood has not received a medical education, 
but has acquired an extensive knowledge of the medicinal 
properties of herbs, and he has many friends who believe in 
his peculiar mode of practice. 



CHAPTER XX. 



PHYSICIANS WHO HAVE LOCxVTED IN EAST WASHINGTON. 



HE first physician residing in East Washington 
of which we have an account was Dr. Kelley, 
who lived on what is now known as the Newton 
Gage place. He was also a hatter by trade. He sold 
that farm to David Lincoln in 1802, and soon after left 
the place. But little is known of him ; it is not thought, 
however, that he ever attained any great eminence in his 
profession. Of his subsequent life after leaving Wash- 
ington nothing is known. 

For a period of forty-one years no physician was lo- 
cated in East Washington, — the residents of this place 
depending on those living at the center of the town or in 
the adjoining towns for medical attendance. Dr. Elisha 
Hatch of Hillsborough, for many years resident there, was 
probably the one usually called to this section of the town, 
and he was familiarly known in almost every household. 
The first physician who located in the village of East 
Washington was 

George Harris Hubbard, M. D. Dr. Hubbard was 
born in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, in 1823. He attended 
the school taught by old "Master Ballard" of his native 
town, and also at New London, New Hampshire. He 
studied medicine under the guidance of Dr. Diamond Da- 
vis of Sutton, New Hampshire, and attended a course of 
lectures at the Vermont Medical College in Woodstock. 



136 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Not being of age when he finished the course of study, he 
did not receive his diploma at that time, but in 1845 i^ 
was given him by that institution. He commenced prac- 
tice at East Washington in 1843, removed to Bradford in 
1844, and was married that year to Miss Sally M. Jones 
of Bradford. He was appointed postmaster at South 
Bradford while living there. In 1849 he removed to An- 
trim, and from there returned to East Washington in 
1852. He represented the town of Washington for two 
years in the state legislature. In 1855 he was appointed 
school commissioner for Sullivan county. He was editor 
of the New Hampshire Journal of Medicine from 1853 to 
1859. 1^6 removed to Manchester in 1855, and was 
chosen alderman and a member of the school committee 
in i860. On the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion 
he commenced his brilliant career in the army as surgeon 
in the 2d New Hampshire Regiment Volunt-eers, receiv- 
ing his appointment in May, 1861. He was promoted to 
brigade surgeon, Burnside's division, Army of the Poto- 
mac, in September, 1861. He afterwards received the 
following promotions : Was medical director, district North 
Missouri ; surgeon in charge at general hospital at Tip- 
ton, Missouri ; surgeon in charge of hospital steamer 
Louisiana, on the Mississippi Viver ; chief surgeon, third 
district. West Tennessee ; chief surgeon of the 2d and 6th 
divisions of the army of the Tennessee ; medical director. 
Army of the Frontier, district south-west Missouri, and 
district of the Frontier, Arkansas, and Army of Arkan- 
sas ; and finally surgeon commanding U. S. A., general 
hospital at Troy, New York. 

Dr. Hubbard participated in the following battles : 
First Bull Run, Pittsburg Landing, Prairie Grove, Arkan- 
sas, Moscow, Arkansas, Prairie D'Ann, Arkansas, and 
Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas. He was commissioned brevet- 
colonel of United States Volunteers, Oct. 6, 1865, and 
mustered out of service Oct. 13, the same year. He set- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 1 37 

tied at Lansingburg, New York, immediately after leav- 
ing the army, where he continued in practice until his 
death in 1876 from pyaemia, caused by injuries received in 
stepping from the horse-cars. 

It was said of Dr. Hubbard that he "picked up his edu- 
cation unaided," a comment that expresses the resourceful 
character of the man. From the time when but a boy he 
commenced the practice of medicine in East Washington, 
on through the remaining years of his life, he was carried 
forward through a series of successes by his own capa- 
bility and energy. Naturally of quick perceptions and 
ready tact, he seized the opportunities that presented 
themselves, and worked his way upward from one promo- 
tion to another, solely by his own efforts. 

He passed through the perils of the camp and battle 
unscathed, endured the hardships of successive campaigns 
without harm, and died from the effects of what at first 
seemed but a slight accident ; which fact exemplifies the 
lesson so often repeated, that man may command fortune 
and win success, but the measure of his days he cannot 
number. 

John Haynes, M. D. Dr. Haynes, who was the suc- 
cessor of Dr. Hubbard, was born in Newbury, New Hamp- 
shire, in December, 1830. His early life was passed in 
Newbury and in attending school at New London, New 
Hampshire. In 1852 he commenced the study of medi- 
cine, and he received his diploma from the Vermont Med- 
ical school, Woodstock, Vermont, in 1855. The same 
year he was married to Miss Mary M. Morse of Newbury, 
who died in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Dr. Haynes 
located in East Washington in 1855, received the appoint- 
ment of postmaster the same year, and retained the office 
while he remained in the place. 

In 1 86 1 he removed to Londonderry, New Hampshire. 
He was for a year in the army as assistant surgeon 
with which exception he passed the remainder of his life 



138 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

in that town. He married for his second wife, Miss Al- 
mira Anderson, in 1871 ; his death occurred in London- 
derry, May 3, 1874. 

H. Harvey Monroe, M. D. Hiram Harvey Monroe 
was a native of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, born in 
1832. Prepared for college at Francestown Academy, and 
was graduated at Dartmouth College in the class of 
1858. He studied medicine with Joseph Parsons, M. D., at 
Hillsborough Bridge, attended a course of medical lec- 
tures at Harvard Medical College, and received his diplo- 
ma at Dartmouth Medical College in November, 1859. 
He began practice at Contoocookville, shortly after re- 
moved to Warner, being in practice with Dr. Fitz a short 
time, and finally located at East Washington in the spring 
of i860. He was appointed postmaster at East Wash- 
ington, and also superintending school committee for the 
town. He was married in August, i860, to Miss Anna 
Griffin of Gloucester, Massachusetts. 

During the spring of 1863 diphtheria prevailed to a 
great extent in East Washington and vicinity, and many 
deaths occurred from that dreaded scourge, and Dr. Mon- 
roe was unremitting in his efforts to ameliorate. the condi- 
tion of the sick, — riding some miles from home after he 
was himself attacked with the same disease, from which he 
died May 2, 1863. Dr. Monroe was a man of sterling worth, 
and gave promise of a life of usefulness in his profession. 
His little daughter, Lizzie, died the following month of 
diphtheria, and an infant child died soon afterwards. Mrs. 
Anna Monroe, thus bereaved of husband and children, 
within the short space of three months, soon after left 
East Washington and commenced the study of medicine, 
desiring to take up the work that he laid down. She was 
graduated from the Massachusetts Female Medical Col- 
lege and located in Boston, where she gained a large and 
successful practice, but she was not destined to many 
years of useful labor in her profession, as she died of con- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 1 39 

sumption in November, 1878. Mrs. Monroe was of a 
cheerful, courageous temperament, and passed through 
the dark hours of her life with Christian fortitude and 
patience. 

S. M. DiNSMOOR, M. D. Silas Murray Dinsmoor was 
born in Antrim, New Hampshire, in 1836. Much of his 
early life was spent upon the farm. He attended Tubb's 
Union Academy at Washington, afterwards Marlow Acad- 
emy and Westminster Seminary, Vermont, each several 
terms, teaching district schools in the winter during the most 
of those years, until 1857, when he commenced the study 
of medicine with Dr. D. W. Hazelton of Cavendish, Ver- 
mont. Attended medical lectures at Burlington, Vermont, 
in 1858, entered the medical department of Columbian 
University of Washington, D. C, in 1859, from this insti- 
tution receiving the degree of M. D., diploma bearing 
date March r, i860. In the autumn of the same year he 
began the practice of medicine in his native town. He 
was married to Miss Georgiana Carey of Lempster in 
1862. In July, 1863, removed to East Washington, as the 
successor of Dr. H. H. Monroe. While a resident of 
Washington he was superintending school committee four 
years, and moderator of the annual town meeting in 1873. 
In 1869 he became a member of the New Hampshire 
Medical Society, and was its orator in 1875. Dr. Dins- 
moor remained at East Washington until 1874, when he 
removed to Francestown, New Hampshire. In August, 
1880, he sold his practice there, and spent the subsequent 
autumn and winter in the further study of his profession 
at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was under the 
special training of some of the greatest minds of the 
American medical profession. In the spring of 1881 he 
located in the city of Keene, New Hampshire, where he 
still remains in successful practice. 

George N. Gage, M. D. The present resident physi- 
cian at East Washington is Dr. George N. Gage, a native 



140 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

of this place, born in 185 1. He obtained his education 
in attending the village school and a brief term of Tubbs 
Union Academy, and at the State College of Agriculture 
and Mechanic Arts, located at Orono, Maine. He taught 
school during the winter season, and was an efficient and 
successful teacher. He pursued his medical studies for 
a time under the direction of Galen Allen, M. D., of Red 
Wing, Minnesota, and entered the medical department of 
Boston University, from which institution he received his 
degree in 1877. Since that time, with the exception of a 
few months at Red Wing, he has been in the practice of 
medicine at East Washington. His wife was formerly 
Miss Ella F. Brockway of Hillsborough ; they were married 
Nov. 29, 1883. He is a careful and conscientious physi- 
cian, and is steadily winning his way into the confidence 
of the community. 



CHAPTER XXI. 



POLITICAL. 




LIST of town officers from the year 1775 to the 
year 1885, inclusive, as copied from the town 
records : 

1775. The classed towns of Washington, Nelson, Stod- 
dard, and Gilsum were -represented by Robert Pol- 
lock of Washington, at Exeter, Dec. 21, 1775. 

1776. The classed towns of Washington, Nelson, Stod- 
dard, and Gilsum were represented by Joseph Roun- 
sevel of Washington, at the second adjournment at 
Exeter, June 5, 1776. 

1777. Feb. 10. Joseph Rounsevel, moderator ; John Saf- 
ord, clerk ; John Safford, Ephraim Severance, Arch- 
ibald White, selectmen. Joseph Rounsevel of Wash- 
ington represented the classed towns at Exeter, 
June 4, Sept. 17, and Dec. 17, 1777. March 17. 
Ephraim Severance, moderator ; John Safford, clerk ; 
John Safford, Ephraim Severance, James Maxwell, 
selectmen. 

1778. Benjamin Babcock, moderator; Lemuel Tabor, 
clerk ; Lemuel Tabor, James Maxwell, Archibald 
White, selectmen. Joseph Rounsevel of Washing- 
ton represented the same classed towns at the session 
of«Feb. II, 1778. Nathaniel Breed of Nelson repre- 
sented the classed towns at the session, Dec. 16, 1778. 



142 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

1779. Joseph Rounsevel, moderator ; Benjamin Babcock, 
clerk ; Benjamin Babcock, Ebenezer Jaqiiith, Jacob 
Burbank, selectmen. Nathaniel Breed of Nelson 
represented the classed towns. 

1780. Jonathan Brockway, moderator ; Joseph Rounse- 
vel, clerk ; Lemuel Tabor, William Proctor, Archi- 
bald White, selectmen. Joseph Rounsevel of Wash- 
ington represented the classed towns. 

1781. Samuel Guild, moderator; Samuel Guild, clerk; 
Lemuel Tabor, William Proctor, Samuel Guild, se- 
lectmen. Jonathan Adams represented the classed 
towns. 

1782. Joseph Rounsevel, moderator ; Joseph Rounsevel, 
clerk; John Safford, Lemuel Tabor, Jonathan Brock- 
way, selectmen. Jacob Copeland of Stoddard repre- 
sented the classed towns. 

1783. John Safford, moderator ; Joseph Rounsevel, clerk ; 
Joseph Rounsevel, Lemuel Tabor, John Vose, select- 
men. Jacob Copeland of Stoddard represented the 
classed towns. 

1784. Samuel Guild, moderator; Joseph Rounsevel, 
clerk ; Lemuel Tabor, Jeremiah Bacon, David Dan- 
forth, selectmen. Jacob Copeland of Stoddard rep- 
resented the classed towns. 

1785. Joseph Rounsevel, moderator; David Harris, 
clerk ; David Danforth, John Safford, Ebenezer 
Wood, selectmen. Jacob Copeland of Stoddard rep- 
resented the classed towns. 

1786. Thomas Penniman, moderator; David Harris, 
clerk ; David Danforth, Ebenezer Wood, Josiah Gil- 
bert, selectmen. Jacob Copeland represented the 
classed towns. 

1 787. Joseph Rounsevel, moderator ; David Harris, clerk ; 
David Danforth, Josiah Gilbert, Ephraim Davis, se- 
lectmen. Jacob Copeland of Stoddard represented 
the classed towns. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. I43 

1788. Joseph Rounsevel, moderator; David Harris, 
clerk ; Thomas Penniman, Jonathan Brockway, Jer- 
emiah Bacon, selectmen. Jacob Copeland of Stod- 
dard represented the classed towns. April 13, 1788, 
voted to excuse Esq. Penniman and Capt. Brockway 
from serving as selectmen, and chose David Harris 
and Thomas Farewell to serve in their places. 

1789. Thomas Penniman, moderator; Thomas Lord 
Brown, clerk ; David Danforth, Jeremiah Bacon, 
John McMillin, selectmen. Jacob Copeland of Stod- 
dard represented the classed towns. 

1790. Thomas Penniman, moderator; David Harris, 
clerk ; Jeremiah Bacon, John McMillin, Ephraim 
Farewell, selectmen. Thomas Penniman of Wash- 
ington represented the classed towns. 

1791. Thomas Penniman, moderator; David Harris, 
clerk ; Jeremiah Bacon, John McMillin, Ephraim 
Farewell, selectmen. Thomas Penniman of Wash- 
ington represented the classed towns. 

1792. Thomas Penniman, moderator; David Harris, 
clerk ; Thomas Penniman, Thomas Farewell, John 
Safford, selectmen. Thomas Penniman of Wash- 
ington represented the classed towns. 

1793. Thomas Farewell, moderator ; David Harris, clerk ; 
Thomas Penniman, Thomas Farewell, John Safford-, 
selectmen. Azariah P^axon was chosen to represent 
Washington alone. April 8, Thomas Penniman 
declined ; chose David Danforth in his place. 

1794. Thomas Penniman, moderator; David Harris, 
clerk ; Azariah Faxon, John McMillin, Thomas Fare- 
well, Jr., selectmen. Azariah Faxon was chosen to 
represent Washington alone. 

1795. Joseph Rounsevel, moderator; David Harris, clerk ; 
Azariah Faxon, John McMillin, Thomas Farewell, 
selectmen ; Azariah Faxi)n, representative. 



144 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

1796. Thomas Penniman, moderator; James Faxon, 
clerk ; Jeremiah Bacon, David Danforth, Ephraim 
Farewell, selectmen ; Azariah Faxon, representative. 

1797. Thomas Penniman, moderator; James Faxon, 
clerk ; Jeremiah Bacon, Azariah Faxon, Ephraim 
Farewell, selectmen; Azariah Faxon, representative. 

1798. Thomas Penniman, moderator; James P^axon, 
clerk ; Jeremiah Bacon, Azariah Faxon, Ephraim 
Farewell, selectmen; Azariah Faxon representative. 

1 799. Thomas Penniman, moderator ; James Faxon, clerk ; 
Jeremiah Bacon, David Danforth, Jonathan Clark, se- 
lectmen ; Thomas Penniman, representative. 

1800. Thomas Penniman, moderator ; James Faxon, clerk ; 
Jeremiah Bacon, David Danforth, Jonathan Clark, 
selectmen ; Thomas Penniman, representative. 

1801. Joseph Healy, moderator; Ward Sampson, clerk; 
Ephraim Farewell, Ephraim Davis, Joseph Healy, 
selectmen ; Thomas Penniman, representative. 

1802. Nehemiah Jones, moderator; Ward Sampson, 
clerk ; Ephraim Farewell, Ephraim Davis, Joseph 
Healy, selectmen ; David Heald, representative. 

1803. Nehemiah Jones, moderator; Ward Sampson, 
clerk ; Ephraim Farewell, Ephraim Davis, William 
Graves, selectmen ; David Heald, representative. 

1804. David Harris, moderator ; Ward Sampson, clerk; 
Ephraim Farewell, William Graves, Joseph Healy, 
selectmen ; David Heald, representative. 

1805. Abraham B.Story, moderator; Ward Sampson, 
clerk ; Ephraim Davis, Ephraim Farewell, William 
Graves, selectmen ; David Heald, representative. 

1806. Abraham B. Story, moderator; Ward Sampson, 
clerk; David Heald, Joseph Healy, William Graves, 
selectmen ; David Heald, representative. 

1807. Abraham B. Story, moderator ; Peyton Richards, 
clerk; Ephraim Farewell, Reuben Farnsworth, Wm. 
Graves, selectmen ; Alden Rounsevel, representative. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. I45 

1808. Abraham B. Story, moderator ; Peyton Richards, 
clerk ; Ephraim Farewell, Reuben Farnsworth, Wil- 
liam Graves, selectmen ; Alden Rounsevel, repre- 
sentative. 

1809. Joseph Healy, moderator ; Ward Sampson, clerk ; 
Ephraim Farewell, Reuben Farnsworth, Ward Samp- 
son, selectmen ; David Heald, representative. 

1810. David Farnsworth, moderator; Ward Sampson, 
clerk.; Ephraim Farewell, Ward Sampson, William 
Graves, selectmen ; David Heald, representative. 

181 1. Joseph Healy, moderator; James Faxon, clerk; 
Ephraim Farewell, Jonathan Clark, Edward Wood- 
man, selectmen ; David Heald, representative. 

1812. Abraham B. Story, moderator ; James Faxon, 
clerk ; Ephraim Farewell, Edward Woodman, Joseph 
Healy, selectmen ; David Heald, representative. 

181 3. Abraham B. Story, moderator; James Faxon, 
clerk; Ephraim Farewell, Abraham B. Story, Ed- 
ward Woodman, selectmen ; Joseph Healy, repre- 
sentative. 

1814. Joseph Healy, moderator; James Faxon, clerk; 
Ephraim Farewell, Abraham B. Story, Nathaniel 
Healy, selectmen ; Joseph Healy, representative. 

1815. Joseph Healy, moderator; James Faxon, clerk; 
Ephraim Farewell, Edward Woodman, Abraham 
Copeland, selectmen ; Joseph Healy, representa- 
tive. 

1816. Joseph Healy, moderator; James Faxon, clerk; 
Ephraim Farewell, Abraham Copeland, Abraham 
B. Story, selectmen ; Joseph Healy, representative. 

18 17. Joseph Healy, moderator; Abraham B. Story, 
clerk; Joseph Healy, David Heald, John Millen, se- 
lectmen ; David Heald, representative. 

1818. Joseph Healy, moderator; Abraham B. Story, 
clerk ; Joseph Healy, David Heald, Abraham B. 
Story, selectmen ; David Heald, representative. 



146 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

1 8 19. Joseph Healy, moderator; Abraham B. Story, 
clerk ; Abraham B. Story, David Heald, Joseph 
Healy, selectmen ; David Heald, representative. 

1820. .Joseph Healy, moderator; Abraham B. Story, 
clerk ; Abraham. B. Story, David Heald, Joseph 
Healy, selectmen; Joseph Healy, representative. 

1821. Joseph Healy, moderator; Jonathan Philbrick, 
clerk ; John Millen, Stephen Russell, Alfred Gor- 
don, selectmen ; Joseph Healy, representative. 

1822. Abraham B. Story, moderator; David Heald, 
clerk ; John Millen, Stephen Russell, Alfred Gor- 
don, selectmen ; Abraham B. Story, representative. 

1823. Abraham B. Story, moderator; David Heald, 
clerk ; David Heald, William Farewell, Alfred Gor- 
don, selectmen ; Joseph Healy, representative. 

1824. Abraham B. Story, moderator; Joseph Healy, 
clerk ; John Millen, Stephen Russell, Samuel P. 
Bailey, selectmen ; David Farnsworth, representative. 

1825. Abraham B. Story, moderator; David Heald, clerk ; 
John Millen, Samuel P. Bailey, Alfred Gordon, se- 
lectmen ; David Farnsworth, representative. 

1826. Abraham B. Story, moderator ; David Heald, clerk ; 
Alfred Gordon, Seth Adams, William Davis, select- 
men ; Jacob S. Gould, representative. 

1827. William Farewell, moderator ; David Heald, clerk ; 
Alfred Gordon, Seth Adams, William Davis, select- 
men ; Jacob S. Gould, representative. 

1828. Daniel Greenleaf, moderator ; David Heald, clerk ; 
Nathan Brainard, Samuel P. Bailey, Joshua Jaquith, 
selectmen ; Jacob S. Gould, representative. 

1829. Daniel Greenleaf, moderator ; David Heald, clerk ; 
John Millen, Solomon E. Jones, Joshua Jaquith, se- 
lectmen ; Alfred Gordon, representative. 

1830. Joseph Healy, moderator; David Heald, clerk; 
Joseph Healy, Abraham B. Story, Solomon E. Jones, 
selectmen ; Alfred Gordon, representative. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. I47 

1831. Joseph Healy, moderator; David Heald, clerk; 
Joseph Healy, Solomon E. Jones, Thomas Laws, se- 
lectmen ; Alfred Gordon, representative. 

1832. David Greenleaf, moderator; David Heald, clerk; 
Joseph Healy, John May, Simon W. Jones, select- 
men ; Thomas Laws, representative. 

1833. Joseph Healy, moderator; Martin Chase, clerk; 
Joseph Healy, John May, Simon W. Jones, select- 
men ; Alfred Gordon, representative. 

1834. Asaph Wilson, moderator; Martin Chase, clerk; 
John May, Simon W. Jones, Joshua Jaquith, select- 
men ; Charles Jones, representative. 

1835. Asaph Wilson, moderator; Martin Chase, clerk; 
Simon W. Jones, Joshua Jaquith, Asaph Wilson, se- 
lectmen ; Clark C. Boutelle, representative. 

1836. Joseph Healy, moderator; Martin Chase, clerk; 
Joseph Healy, Asaph Wilson, Simon W. Jones, se- 
lectmen ; Solomon E. Jones, representative. 

1837. Asaph Wilson, moderator; Martin Chase, clerk;: 
Joseph Healy, Asaph Wilson, Simon W. Jones, se- 
lectmen ; Martin Chase, representative. 

1838. Joseph Healy, moderator; Martin Chase, clerk;, 
Joseph Healy, Solomon E. Jones, Joshua Jaquith, 
selectmen ; Asaph Wilson, representative. 

1839. Joseph Healy, moderator; Martin Chase, clerk;. 
Simon W. Jones, Stephen Russell, Joseph M. Tabor, 
selectmen ; Martin Chase, representative. 

1 840. Solomon E. Jones, moderator ; Martin Chase, clerk ;. 
Simon W. Jones, Nathaniel G. Jones, Thomas Laws, 
selectmen ; Martin Chase, representative. 

1 841. Solomon E. Jones, moderator; Martin Chase, 
clerk; Martin Chase, Charles Jones, David Farns- 
worth, 2d, selectmen ; Simon W. Jones, representa- 
tive. 



148 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

1842. Solomon E. Jones, moderator; Martin Chase, 
clerk ; Solomon E. Jones, Asaph Wilson, David 
Farnsvvorth, 2d, selectmen ; no election of represent- 
ative. 

1843. Daniel Greenleaf, moderator ; Martin Chase, clerk ; 
Asaph Wilson, David Farnsvvorth, 2d, Joseph M. Ta- 
bor, selectmen ; Thomas Laws, representative. 

1844. Solomon E. Jones, moderator; Martin Chase, 
clerk ; Asaph Wilson, Simon W. Jones, Sullivan W. 
Healy, selectmen ; Thomas Laws, representative. 

1845. Solomon E. Jones, moderator; Carlos G. Pressey, 
clerk ; Solomon E. Jones, Sullivan W. Healy, Na- 
thaniel G. Jones, selectmen ; Simon W. Jones, rep- 
resentative. 

i'846. Solomon E. Jones, moderator ; Martin Chase, 
clerk ; Martin Chase, Nathaniel G. Jones, James 
Barney, selectmen ; Simon W. Jones, representa- 
tive. 

1847. Solomon E. Jones, moderator; Martin Chase, 
clerk ; Simon W. Jones, James Barney, Martin 
Chase, selectmen ; Nathaniel G. Jones, representa- 
tive. 

1848. Solomon E.Jones, moderator ; Henry Train, clerk; 
Simon W. Jones, Asaph Wilson, James Barney, se- 
lectmen ; Nathaniel G. Jones, representative. 

1849. Solomon E. Jones., moderator; Henry Train, 
clerk ; James Barney, Asaph Wilson, Simon W. 
Jones, selectmen ; William B. French, representa- 
tive. 

1850. Solomon E. Jones, moderator ; Henry Train, clerk ; 
Asaph Wilson, Simon W. Jones, Martin Chase, se- 
lectmen ; Dyer H. Sanborn, representative. 

185 1. Solomon E. Jones, moderator ; Henry Train, clerk ; 
Asaph Wilson, Simon W. Jones, Sumner Fair- 
banks, selectmen ; wSolomon E. Jones, representa- 
tive. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. I49 

1852. Solomon E. Jones, moderator; Henry Train, clerk ; 
Asaph Wilson, James Barney, Alfred G. Crane, se- 
lectmen ; Solomon E. Jones, representative. 

1853. Solomon E. Jones, moderator ; Henry Train, clerk ; 
Asaph Wilson, James Barney, Alfred G. Crane, 
selectmen ; David Farnsworth, 2d, chosen repre- 
sentative, but his seat contested and given to George 
N. Hubbard. 

1854. Solomon E. Jones, moderator ; Henry Train, clerk ; 
James Barney, Alfred G. Crane, Elijah Blanchard, 
selectmen ; George N. Hubbard, representative. 

1855. Solomon E. Jones, moderator ; Henry Train, clerk ; 
Asaph Wilson, George Smith, DeWitt C. Newman, 
selectmen ; Levi M. Powers, representative. 

1856. Solomon E. Jones, moderator; Joseph A. Howard, 
clerk ; Nathaniel G. Jones, James Barney, James 
Tubbs, selectmen ; James Barney, representative. 

1857. Martin Chase, moderator; Joseph A. Howard, 
clerk ; James Barney, John Mcllvin, Martin Chase, 
selectmen ; James Barney, representative. 

1858. James Barney, moderator; John O. A. French, 
clerk; James Barney, John Mcllvin, Warren W. 
Hill, selectmen; Joseph H. Newman, representa- 
tive. 

1859. James Barney, moderator; John O. A. French, 
clerk ; Joseph C. Jones appointed clerk, Nov. 24, 
1859; James Barney, Warren W. Hill, Simon Ayer, 
selectmen ; Joseph H. Newman, representative. 

i860. James Barney, moderator ; Joseph C. Jones, clerk ; 
Nathaniel G. Jones, Simon Ayer, Joseph C. Jones, 
selectmen ; John Mcllvin, representative. 

1861. James Barney, moderator; Henry Train, clerk; 
James Barney, Simon Ayer, Joseph C. Jones, select- 
men ; John Mcllvin, representative. 



150 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

1862. James Barney, moderator; Andrew J. Barney, 
clerk ; James Barney, Joseph C. Jones, Silas Tancfy, 
selectmen ; Charles Train, representative. 

1863. James Barney, moderator; Andrew J. Barney, 
clerk ; James Barney, Silas Tandy, Simon Ayer, se- 
lectmen ; Charles Train, representative. 

1864. James Barney, moderator ; Andrew J. Barney, 
clerk ; Hiram Thissell appointed clerk Sept. 5, 1864; 
James Barney, Joel Sevrance 2d, Joseph C. Jones, 
selectmen; Isaac N. Gage, representative. 

1865. James Barney, moderator ; Martin Chase, clerk; 
James Barney, Solomon E. Jones, Joel Sevrance 2d, 
selectmen ; Isaac N. Gage, representative. 

1866. James Barney, moderator ; Hiram Thissell, clerk ; 
James Barney, John Mcllvin, Simon Ayer, select- 
men ; Joseph C. Jones, representative. 

1867. Joseph A. Howard, moderator; Shubael W. Hurd, 
clerk ; Sullivan W. Healy, Sydney R. Gage, Joseph 
A. Howard, selectmen ; Ezra P. Howard, represent- 
ative. 

1868. Joseph A. Howard, moderator ; Shubael W. Hurd, 
clerk ; Solomon E. Jones, George W. Carr, Joseph 

A. Howard, selectmen ; Ezra P. Howard, represent- 
ative. 

1869. George S. Sevrance, moderator; Elbridge Brad- 
ford, clerk ; George W. Carr, Mason H. Dole, Ben- 
jamin P. Blood, selectmen; Weld D. Proctor, repre- 
sentative. 

1870. James Barney, moderator ; Nathaniel A. Lull, 
clerk ; Mason H. Dole, Benjamin P. Blood, Samuel 

B. Strickland, selectmen ; Weld D. Proctor, repre- 
sentative. 

1871. James Barney, moderator; Nathaniel A. Lull, 
clerk; Benjamin P. Blood, Samuel B. Strickland, 
William D. Sevrance, selectmen ; Elbridge Brad- 
ford, representative. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 151 

1872. Sylvanus Clogston, moderator; Albert T.Wright, 
clerk; Shubael W. Hurd appointed clerk, March lo, 
1872; Gardner Millen, John Wood, Mark M. Had- 
ley, selectmen ; Joel Sevrance, 2d, representative. 

1873. Silas M. Dinsmore, moderator; Nathaniel A. Lull, 
clerk ; James Barney, Elbridge G. Benton, John S. 
Mcllvin, selectmen ; George F. Fowler, representa- 
tive. 

1874. James Barney, moderator; Nathaniel A. Lull, 
clerk ; Gardner Millen, Hiram Brockway, John 
S. Mcllvin, selectmen ; Levi Harthon, representa- 
tive. 

1875. Samuel B. Strickland, moderator; Nathaniel A. 
Lull, clerk ; Gardner Millen, Hiram Brockway, El- 
bridge G. Benton, selectmen ; George W. Carr, rep- 
resentative. 

1876. Wakeman J, Powers, moderator; Shubael W. 
Hurd, clerk; Gardner Millen, Auren Peasley, Shu- 
bael W. Hurd, selectmen ; Henry Train, representa- 
tive. 

1877. Samuel B. Strickland, moderator; Shubael W. 
Hurd, clerk; Shubael W. Hurd, Elbridge C. Ben- 
ton, Moses H. Wood, selectmen ; Henry Train, rep- 
resentative. 

1878. Frank P. Newman, moderator; Edgar A. Lull, 
clerk ; Elbridge G. Benton, Moses H. Wood, Charles 
C. Messer, selectmen; Nathaniel A. Lull, represent- 
ative. 

1879. Frank P. Newman, moderator; Edgar A. Lull, 
clerk ; Moses H. Wood, Hiram J. Gage, Herbert P. 
Proctor, selectmen ; Nathaniel A. Lull, representa- 
tive. 

1880. Hiram J. Gage, moderator; Frank E. Lull, clerk; 
Hiram J. Gage, Mason H. Dole, Shubael W. Hurd, 
selectmen. 



152 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

1881. Moses H. Wood, moderator; Frank E. Lull, 
clerk ; Mason H. Dole, Charles D. Proctor, Lester 
A. Ball, selectmen ; George W. Carr appointed 2d 
selectman, Nov. 26, 1881 ; Jonathan Sevrance, repre- 
sentative. 

1882. Frank P. Newman, moderator; Frank E. Lull, 
clerk ; Mason H. Dole, Lester A. Ball, George W. 
Carr, selectmen. 

1883. Frank P. Newman, moderator ; George M. Wright, 
clerk; Shubael W. Hurd, Stephen M. Farnsworth, 
Ira Brockway, selectmen ; Hiram J. Gage, represent- 
ative. 

1884. Frank P. Newman, moderator; Frank E. Lull, 
clerk ; Mason H. Dole, Fred J. Emerson, Clark S. 
Spaulding, selectmen. 

1885. Frank P. Newman, moderator ; George M.Wright, 
clerk; Hiram J. Gage, Clark S. Spaulding, Frank 
E. Lull, selectmen ; Auren Peasley, representative. 



CHAPTER XXII. 



REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD. 




N attempting to prepare the military history of 
Washington the writer is well aware that he will 
encounter many obstacles not easily overcome, 
that imperfections and mistakes will be of frequent occur- 
rence, and that criticisms will be freely offered. 

Wars and rumors of war have been inseparable with 
the march of time and civilization. Ever since the crea- 
tion of man there has been developed a spirit of combat- 
iveness, either in defence of individual, family or national 
rights, or for conquest and subjugation. 

Without reviewing ancient history for authority or prob- 
able reasons, we accept the plea that love of country was 
the inherent motive for the military spirit of all true 
Americans. 

We have abundant evidence that the pioneer settlers of 
Washington were imbued with that spirit of patriotism 
which has ever pervaded the hearts of her people. We 
find in a petition dated Sept. 22, 1776, the following 
prayer : 

"May it please your honors to incorporate this township 
by the name of Washington." 

A. D. 1776 was an important date, not only in the his- 
tory of Washington, but of all the American colonies, and 
in fact the whole world, for the day star of liberty, whose 



154 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

first beams shone but dimly in the wilderness of America, 
is now heralded as the glorious orb of universal freedom 
by all civilized nations of the world. The declaration of 
American independence by the colonists but a few months 
previous to the incorporation of Washington had brought 
forth a howl of subjugation from the British Lion which 
seemed to rouse the colonists to a long and desperate re- 
sistance. George Washington had been appointed com- 
mander-in-chief of the continental armies. Although the 
young commander had made no grand advance on "the 
works of the enemy," no brilliant achievement had made 
his name famous, yet the pioneer settlers of this young 
town believed they saw in him the Joshua who was to de- 
liver them from the yoke of British bondage. In fact 
their desire to name their town Washington may be con- 
sidered their first grand military achievement. 

At a town meeting called in June, for the purpose of 
centering the town, it was voted to adjourn to the first 
day of September, by reason of an alarm at Ticonderoga, 
the repelling of the aggressive army of Burgoyne in the 
north-west being more important. The men who had 
christened their town with the name of the commander- 
in-chief of the army were not reluctant to defend a cause 
dear to every patriot. 

The battle of Bunker Hill had been the war note of Lo- 
chiel, the tocsin of liberty throughout the land, and found 
a ready response in the hearts of the people. As "a little 
leaven leaveneth the whole lump," so perhaps the martial 
spirit of Capt. Thomas Penniman, who was at the capture 
of Quebec, had its influence on the whole community. A 
hatchel or flaxcomb which he brought home as a trophy 
is now in the possession of Charles H. Lowell. Samuel 
Lowell, another "first settler," was at the battle of Fort 
William Henry, where he came in contact w^ith two In- 
dians ; he killed one with the contents of his gun and 
knocked out the brains of the other with the butt of it. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 155 

At the time the new town was incorporated under its 
present name the population was but about one hundred 
and seventy-five, but the enroHment list was quite in keep- 
ing with its spirit of defence. In May of 1776, on the 
assembling of the provincial congress of New Hampshire, 
they voted to raise two thousand men to be formed into 
three regiments. The commanders of these were Col. 
John Stark, ist regiment, Col. James Reed, 2d, and Col. 
Enoch Poor, 3d regiment. These were the first colonial reg- 
iments outside of Massachusetts, and were placed under 
command of General Ward. The efficiency with which 
Stark's men fought may be inferred from the fact that 
they were opposed by a company of Welch fusileers, who 
marched up the hill with seven hundred men ; the next 
day only eighty-three appeared on parade. 

The following is a list of the men who enlisted from 
Washington in the ist New Hampshire regiment for the 
war of the Revolution : 

Asa Jackson, enlisted April 18, 1781, discharged De- 
cember, 1 78 1. 

William Mann, enlisted April i, 1777, discharged March 
20, 1780. 

Nathan Mann, enlisted April i, 1777, discharged March 
20, 1780.' 

Abel Merrill, enlisted April i, 1777, discharged March 
20, 1780. 

William White, enlisted January i, 1777, discharged 
January i, 1780. 

In 1780 the following men were mustered by Maj. Wil- 
liam Scott for one year : 

Moses Chase, Asa Jackson, and Joseph French. 

The following are the names of those who marched 
from Washington with Captain Towne's company of the 
2d New Hampshire, Colonel Reed in command, and took 
part in the battle of Bunker Hill : 



15^ HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Peter Lowell, Daniel Severance, Archibald White,* Wil- 
liam Graves, Ebenezer Spaulding, David White, William 
Scott, Samuel Lowell* 

The soldiers in this engagement deposited their surplus 
clothing and other property in a barn near Charles river, 
which was consumed with its contents, taking fire from a 
shot from one of the enemy's ships anchored in the river. 
An eye witness describes a company of the continental 
troops from a New Hampshire town as follows : 

"To a man they wore short clothing, coming down and 
fastening just below the knee, long stockings, with cow- 
hide shoes ornamented with huge buckles, while not a 
pair of boots graced the company. The coats and waist- 
coats were of loose and large dimensions, of colors as 
various as the bark of the oak, sumach and other trees 
of our swamps and forests could make them. Their 
shirts were all made of flax, and like every other part of 
their dress were homespun. On their heads was worn a 
large round-topped, broad-brimmed hat. Their arms were 
as various as their costumes ; here an old soldier carried a 
heavy Queenstown, with which he had done service at the 
conquest of Canada, while by his side walked a stripling 
boy with a Spanish fusee, not half its weight, which his 
grandfather may have taken from Havana. While not a 
few had old French fusees that dated back to the reduc- 
tion of Louisburg. Instead of the cartridge box a large 
powder horn was swung under the arm, and occasionally 
a bayonet might be seen glistening in the ranks. 

The swords of many of the officers had been made by 
our provincial blacksmiths, perhaps from some farming 
utensil, serviceable but heavy and uncouth. Such was 
the appearance of the continentals to whom a thoroughly 
equipped and well-appointed army were to lay down their 
arms." 

* Arc liibald 'White and Samuel Lowell were in the battle of Beu- 
ninffton. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 1 5/ 

The foregoing extract is from the history of New Ips- 
wich. 

The midnight ride of Paul Revere, April 19, 1775, the 
engagements at Concord and Lexington, were fresh in the 
minds of those patriot pioneers, and needed little en- 
thusiasm to rouse the patriotism of this young town, and 
we may well conclude that there was at least one sentinel 
at his post, Jacob Burbank, a farmer, then living on the 
farm now occupied by E. W. Brooks, stated that he 
heard the firing at the battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th 
of June of the same year. 

People li\4ng in Hanover and even Haverhill, on the 
Connecticut river, affirmed that they heard the same 
sound. 

The thunder of that battle roused a nation, armed a 
force so invincible that it has withstood the battles of 
more than a century without knowing defeat, laid the 
foundation of a nation which reaches from ocean to ocean 
in extent, and from center to circumference of the globe 
in influence. The brave and obstinate struggle of the 
colonists on the ever-to-be famous battle ground on 
Charlestown Heights, in sight of the British forces in Bos- 
ton, taught the enemy what power they were contending 
with, and gave the patriot army a consciousness of their 
strength, and infused their ranks with a hope which never 
deserted them. In 1777 a cry of alarm rang along the 
north-western frontier and penetrated every corner of 
New Hampshire. The swift-winged courier hurried ev- 
erywhere with the intelligence needed to stir the people 
to united action. The pulpit echoed the warning cry and 
the martial spirit burst forth in a flame of victory at the 
battle of Bennington, where Stark with the brave yeo- 
manry of New Hampshire paved the way for the triumph 
of the national arms and the withdrawal of the British 
forces. 

On the eighth of July a company under the command 



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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 



of Jonathan Brockway, belonging to a regiment of New 
Hampshire state militia, known as Colonel Chase's regi- 
ment, but which seems to have been under the command 
of Maj. Francis Smith, seem to have been held as minute 
men, and on the above date Captain Brockway with nine 
men marched to Cavendish, Vermont, where they re- 
ceived orders to return. But on the 13th of July there 
was a second alarm and Captain Brockway with seventeen 
men marched to Otter Creek, where they met the retreat- 
ino- army. The muster roll of this expedition gives the 
names of Captain Jonathan Brockway, Jacob Burbank, 
Robert Mann, William Steele, William Proctor, Samuel 
Copeland, James Maxwell, Samuel Felt, Philip Tabor, 
Archibald White, Jr., Samuel Tabor, David Danforth, Na- 
than Proctor, Jesse Smith, Abijah Barden, John French, 
Jonathan Draper, and Samuel White. 

The expense of these expeditions was £51, 15s., 4d., 
including 1 2d. for making out the roll and paying the 
men, and 5d. per mile for two horses for the one hundred 
miles travelled on both journeys, amounting to £2, is. 
and 8d. Capt. Jonathan Brockway appeared before Jo- 
seph Rounsevel and made oath to the account of service 
rendered. The committee on claims in behalf of the 
state acknowledged the claim the 20th of August, 1788. 
Joseph Rounsevel gave a receipt for the order on behalf 
of Capt. Brockway the 22d of the same month. It would 
appear that many of the men named served at different 
times and in different companies and regiments, and a 
correct statement is hardly to be expected. The names 
of Samuel White, John French, Samuel Copeland, James 
Maxwell, David Danforth, Isaac Proctor, Nathan Proctor, 
are found in the roll of Captain Twichell's company, in 
Enoch Hale's regiment. In Colonel Bellow's regiment 
that entered the service Oct. i, 1777, to reinforce the con- 
tinental army under General Gates at Saratoga, were en- 
listed Archibald White, Ensign, David Danforth, Samuel 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 1 59 

Copeland, David Lowell, and Moses Chase. The name 
of Enoch Smith appears on the muster roll of the New 
Hampshire battalion, and Charles Haynes, an early citi- 
zen, was in the battle of Bunker Hill, but we are unable 
to locate him or to state whether he went from this town 
into the service or whether he came here after his dis- 
charge. 

The town is credited in 1779 with £8 to five men, and 
we find that William White, Abel Merrill, Nathan Mann, 
William Mann, and Enoch Smith drew £14, 14s. per 
man. 

Asa Jackson, Pardon Tabor, Enoch Smith, James Max- 
well, and David Steele received bounties in 1781-82. 

Asa Jackson and Moses Chase were mustered into ser- 
vice June 28, 1780, and discharged the next December. 
Nathan Mann and Isaac Proctor, July 21, 1781, and dis- 
charged December following. 

According to a vote of the general court passed Dec. 
10, 1779, orders to the amount of £192, los. were drawn 
of the state treasurer to discount with the selectmen of 
Washington for money to pay bounties to the soldiery. 

A return of the new levies that joined the New Hamp- 
shire line and were mustered by Major William Scott in 
1780 gives the names of Moses Chase, Asa Jackson and 
Joseph French. 

On a requisition being made for one hundred and nine- 
teen men from Cheshire county, Washington returned as 
its quota, on the 24th of February, 1779, four soldiers, — 
William White, Nathan Mann, William Mann, and Abel 
Merrill, for Captain Scott's campany. Colonel Cilley's 
regiment. 

From a list of soldiers raised to fill up the continental 
army in 1779, we find that Enoch Smith enlisted July i, 
of that year for the war, in Colonel Moulton's regiment. 
William Mann, Nathan Mann and Abel Merrill served 
from April 5, 1777, until March 20, 1780, serving nearly 



l60 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

three years. On the 8th of January, 1779, a town meet- 
ing was held and a vote passed to raise £60 in aid of Mr. 
Abel Merrill's family for the ensuing year, he to give se- 
curity to the town for the same. This act in view of the 
aid rendered soldiers' families in the late war looks like 
that "charity which hopeth for reward." 

From the journal of the house of representatives, Jan. 
15, 1777, we find the passage of the following act : 
• Voted, That Lieut. William Scott of Washington be ap- 
pointed captain in Colonel Scannel's regiment, and Major 
Abel Abbott was ordered Jan. 28, 1777, to muster the 
company of Captain William Scott.* 

Captain Scott resigned Feb. 26, i/77, and was suc- 
ceeded by Enoch Frye. 

June 27, 1780, the legislature adopted a resolution that 
the town of Washington should furnish 3859 pounds of 
beef for the continental army. 

After the declaration of Peace with England the fol- 
lowing petition was presented the general court : 

*"\Villiani Scott was of Scotch-Irish descent. His fathei", Alexander 
Scott, was one of the first settlers in Peterborough, moving into that 
town in 1742. AVhile preparing a permanent settlement he left his 
Avife in Townsend, Massachusetts, where William was born in 1743. 
He early evinced a military spirit, belonging to Goffe's regiment as 
early as 1760, being but seventeen years of age. Just previous to the 
breaking out of hostilities between the colonists and the Mother 
Country he came to Washington, New Hampshire. How long he 
may have lived here is vuicertain, but it is quite certain he was the 
first man to enlist from the new town, in the war for American Inde- 
pendence. He was wounded and taken prisoner at Bunker Hill. 
Upon the evacuation of Boston he was taken to Halifax, but escaped 
by undermining the prison walls. He was in Foit Washington at 
the time of its surrender, and was the only person who escaped, by 
swinnning the Hudson river a mile in width. In 1777 he accepted a 
captaincy in Colonel Cilley's regiment of the New Hampshire line. 
He served under General Sullivan until 1781, when he entered the 
naval service, where he served until tlie close of the war. He died 
at Litchfield, New York, in 1799, aged fifty-six years. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. l6l 

"To His Excellency Meshech Weare, Esq., president of 
the state of New Hampshire, and to the honorable counsel 
Senate and House of Representatives in general court as- 
sembled : The petition of Samuel Lowell of Washington in 
the county of Cheshire, who wa's in the service of the 
continental army in the year 1776, and I, Samuel Lowell, 
your humble petitioner, was taken prisoner the 14th day 
of June, in the Kanaday expedition, and was prisoner un- 
til the 28th day of September following, and at that time 
was sat on shore at Elizabethtown in the Jerseys, during 
which imprisonment I was a great sufferer, as your excel- 
lency and honors may conclude, for I lost a pair of silver 
shoe buckles, and a pair of knee buckles and a coat and 
jacket and breeches, and three good shirts, which cost me 
nine pounds, and when I was sat on shore I had about 
three hundred miles to travel home and bear my own ex- 
penses, and was held a prisoner till the last day of Decem- 
ber, 1776, and never have received no wages from the time I 
was first taken prisoner. If it may please your excellency 
and honors, I conclude I ought to be considered and paid 
as one who has ever served faithfully in the service of the 
late war, and doubt not your best endeavors for the same, 
desiring to be under your care and protection, as a willing 
subject, as under those who can realize in all such cases, 
and I, your excellency and honors' humble petitioner, as 
ift duty bound shall ever pray. 

Samuel Lowell. 

Washington, Oct. 6, 1784. 

The petitioner was allowed the sum of £6. 

In addition to the names already mentioned we are in- 
formed that the following named inhabitants were soldiers 
in the Revolutionary war, but I am unable to learn at 
what period or how long they may have served : 

John Atkins, said to have been a substitute for a man 
named Priest, Jonathan Clark, James Stevens, Abram Shat- 
tuck, James Faxon, Samuel Tabor, and David Harriman. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



WAR OF 1812 AND MEXICAN WAR. 




THE WAR OF I812-I4. 

F asked the direct question, What was the war of 
18 1 2 fought for ? but few persons of the present 
day would be able to give a direct and compre- 
hensive answer, — in fact a direct answer could scarce be 
given to the series of questions which arise. Perhaps the 
most direct answer that could be given would be that it 
was caused by a series of insults and aggressions, without 
apologies or redress, on the part of the Mother Country 
toward her well disposed but independent daughter, who 
had outgrown parental authority and could no longer 
brook intentional insult. 

Although the Revolutionary war virtually closed in 
1 78 1, — the independence of America was acknowledged 
by Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Spain and Russia, pre- 
liminary articles of peace were signed with England, and 
in September of 1783, definite articles of peace were 
signed by the commissioners of the two nations, — yet the 
belligerent spirit of the haughty Mistress of the Oceans 
found expression in many petty insults, which were tol- 
erated with a spirit of forbearance on the part of the col- 
onies. In 1806, England began to impress American 
seamen on the plea of their having been born in that 
kingdom. At the same time Bonaparte issued his fa- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 163 

mous but obnoxious "Berlin decree," crippling American 
commerce. June 22, 1808, the American frigate, Chesa- 
peake, was fired into by the British ship of war, Leopard, 
for refusing to deliver up four men who were claimed as 
British subjects. Three men were killed and eight 
wounded. In November of the same year the British 
government issued the celebrated "Order in council," pro- 
hibiting all trade with France and her allies. In Decem- 
ber, Bonaparte issued the retaliatory "Milan decree," for- 
bidding all trade with England and her colonies. Decem- 
ber 22, Congress "decreed an embargo," the design of 
which was to retaliate on France and England for unjust 
commercial relations. In 1809, Congress repealed the 
embargo act, but at the same time interdicted all com- 
mercial intercourse with France or England. In 18 10, 
the hostile decrees of France were revoked and commer- 
cial intercourse with the United States resumed. But 
those of England were not only continued but ships of 
war were stationed near all the principal American ports 
for the purpose of intercepting our merchantmen, which 
were captured and sent to British ports as legal prizes. 
In 18 II, a British ship of war was hailed on the Virginia 
coast by the United States frigate. President ; but, instead 
of a satisfactory answer, a shot was fired in return. In 
the engagement that followed eleven men of the enemy 
were killed and twenty wounded, while on board the 
President but one man was wounded. June 17, 18 12, 
President Madison issued a proclamation of war against 
England, and issued orders for the enlistment of 25,000 
men, to raise 50,000 volunteers, and to call out 100,000 
militia, making an aggregate force of 175,000 men. 
When we reflect that the census of 18 10 gave a white 
population of only five million eight hundred and sixty- 
two thousand we can readily believe that the war of 
18 12 was a subject of much interest to the people of that 
date. 



164 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

May 29, 18 1 2, Governor Langdon of New Hampshire 
issued orders to detach three thousand five hundred men 
from the state mihtia, to be thoroughly organized, armed 
and equipped for active service at the shortest notice. 
The declaration of war found New Hampshire militia in 
good condition. The modern idea, that the militia system 
is a nuisance which tends to demoralize the people, not 
prevailing at that day, compliance with the requisitions of 
the general government were met with commendable 
promptness. Washington, we have no doubt, furnished 
her quota of brave men, whose pioneer life in the new 
town had so admirably fitted them for the hardships to be 
experienced in a soldier's life. I am sorry to say, that 
despite my earnest endeavors, I have been unable to 
gather satisfactory information concerning them. Town 
records are practically silent, and the adjutant general's 
reports are very meagre so far as this town is concerned. 
In fact, much of the early history of the town is tradi- 
tional so far as records are concerned, and many of the 
valuable links between the past and the present are lost, 
and much that we can gather lacks confirmation. 

In the roll of the ist New Hampshire volunteers, com- 
manded by Col. Aquilla Davis of Warner, we find the 
names of Samuel Clogston, George and David Leslie, who 
enlisted April i, 18 13, for sixty days ; but the rolls show 
that April 4, same year, David Leslie enlisted in the reg- 
ular army. The volunteer act was repealed, and the ist 
regiment virtually disbanded. In the roll of Captain 
Benjamin Bradford's company we find that Clogston en- 
listed Dec. 14, 18 14, and that George and David Leslie 
enlisted on the 15th, for the same time and in the same 
company. In the summer of 1814, the people, of New 
Hampshire became thoroughly alarmed for the safety of 
their seacoast and the defenses of Portsmouth. Governor 
Gilman yielding to their desires issued orders for the 
twenty-three regiments of militia to detail detachments, 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 165 

and on the gth of September issued general orders, re- 
quiring the whole force to be held in readiness to march 
at a moment's notice. These orders were sent by express, 
through the state, and were received with enthusiasm and 
obeyed with alacrity. Whole companies paraded in read- 
iness to march, and a draft had to be made of those who 
should stay at home, rather than of those who should go 
to the defence of their country. In the roll of the ist 
regiment state militia, Col. Natt Fisk commanding, we 
find in the company of Capt. Nathan Glidden of Unity, the 
following names of Washington men who enlisted Sept. 
13, 1 8 14, for three months : 

Abel Burbank, sergeant, died November 14, 18 14. 

Jeremiah Parker, private, discharged November 10,, 
1814. 

Thomas Farwell, private, discharged November 10,. 
1814. 

Aaron Beals, private, discharged November 10, 18 14, 

Henry Steel, private, discharged November 10, 18 14. 

Daniel W. Baker, private, discharged November lo,. 
1814. 

Samuel Davis, private, discharged November 10, 18 14. 

Enoch Philbrick, private, discharged November 10, 
1814. 

In the 2d regiment New Hampshire militia, Lieut. Col. 
John Steele commanding, Captain Warner's company, we 
find the following names who enlisted Sept. 25, 18 14, for 
sixty days : Benjamin French, Edward Lawrence, Otis El- 
liott, Daniel Severance, Thaddeus Graves, Samuel New- 
man, Nathan Richardson. 

Isaac and Abram French were both in the war of 18 12, 
but I am unable to locate them satisfactorily. Abram 
French was in Captain Kenney's company, probably in a 
Massachusetts regiment, as we find no captain by that 
name on the New Hampshire rolls. Jabez Brainard was 



l66 • HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

a drummer. Willard Harris and Charles G. Haynes were 
in the war of 1812, but I am unable to locate them. 

In addition to the names we have herein recorded which 
we have been able to locate there are doubtless others 
whose names are lost to us, and probably to all future his- 
torians. There are also others whom we know to have 
been worthy soldiers in the war of 18 12, whose names we 
can give, but are unable to locate them in the service. 
Among these are Jacob Wright, or Uncle Jake, as he was 
commonly called, a life-long resident of the town, who 
was much attached to his "ole place," situated in the 
westerly part of the town. He is well remembered by 
many now living, and a brief mention will not be out of 
place in this volume. 

The old veteran ever took a lively interest in military 
affairs long after his exploits with the "British and In- 
juns," and his account of the battle of Lundy's Lane, in 
which he participated, is well worth preserving, and I will 
endeavor to give it as nearly as possible in his own lan- 
guage :: 

"Some of the ofificers thought it want best to fight and 
thought the British were too many for us, but Scott said 
we could whip 'em,, so the line was formed, our company, 
a hundred strong, on the extreme right. Soon the enemy 
came in sight, and after the first volley our captain told us 
to load and fire as fast as we could. Then the enemy's 
bullets began to rattle ; the third man from me fell dead 
at their first volley ; next we heard sharp firing in our 
rear ; the British had got behind us ; our officers told 
them to surrender or we would shoot 'em dead, but they 
kept on firing. Our captain telled every man to load his 
piece with four fingers of the best o' powder and two balls 
and nine buckshot, and take the best aim we could. We 
wheeled round and give "em a broadside, and there was no 
more firing in that direction. We wheeled back into line 
and I was ramming down a cartridge when a ball hit my 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. ' 1 6/ 

ramrod and bent it eenmost double ; I took it across my knee 
and straightened it, put my canteen to my lips and wet 
my whistle a bit, and if anything fired a leetle faster. We 
went into the battle a hundred strong, and at next roll 
call only eight men answered to their names." 

Years after he joined the Washington cadets, a com- 
pany belonging to the 28th regiment New Hampshire state 
militia, and Colonel Jones in addressing the company 
said ; "I see in your ranks a man who was with Scott at 
Lundy's Lane — his name is Wright. He was right then, 
he is right to-day." We are unable to locate him in his 
service to his country in 18 12, but it is quite probable he 
belonged to a company of picked men known as Scott's 
cavaliers, that he won his position in that company from 
being one of the survivors of a party that made a raid into 
Canada, a distance of three hundred miles, on snowshoes. 
He was in the service for a period of eighteen months, 
was discharged at Fort Erie, Lower Canada, and made 
his way to his home in Washington, New Hampshire, on 
foot, bringing his musket, pistol and broadsword with 
him, articles which he clung to with great tenacity till 
his death. A timely provision of Congress enabled him 
to spend his last days comfortably. 

Ebenezer Blood was another early settler who came to 
Washington and "staked his claim," and left it for his 
country's defence. It is presumed that he returned to 
that part of Hollis, New Hampshire, now known as Pep- 
perell, the town of his birth, to enlist with the friends of 
his youth. He was in the service for two years, was in 
the Canada expedition, and was evidently in the "pioneer 
corps," as he was engaged in building roads for the army 
to move on. While in advance of the main body, for this 
purpose, he with a small party of his comrades were taken 
prisoners by the enemy and their Indian allies, and 
marched to a French and Indian settlement in what was 
then known as the "Shadagee woods," more commonly 



l68 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

known at this date as the "Adirondack region." Their 
captors siippHed them with a kind of soup of which they 
partook freely, but could not satisfy themselves what kind 
of meat it contained. They asked their captors if it was 
venison, and were told that they would show 'em. At 
that moment one of the prisoners found a human thumb ! 
He managed to show it to his comrades without exciting 
the suspicion of their captors. They realized or feared 
that captivity meant death, and resolved to escape at all 
hazards. They succeeded in eluding their guards while 
sent for wood, and escaped. The weather was cloudy, 
and they lost their way in the wilderness and nearly 
starved to death. They found a deserted cabin in the 
woods containing a few ears of corn ; this they pounded 
and made into a pudding, and I well remember hearing 
my grandfather say it was the best meal he ever ate in 
his life. After his discharge from the army he married 
and returned to his farm, where he lived until his death, 
in 1852. 

We would gladly record other deeds of suffering and 
privation could we but obtain the facts. All honor to the 
brave men whose deeds secured us a priceless heritage, 
which we have nobly maintained and from which we have 
wiped its foulest stain. 

MEXICAN WAR. 

The feuds and quarrels which had long existed between 
Mexico and the United States terminated in the spring 
of 1846 in a declaration of war by President Polk. New 
Hampshire, as in all previous wars, furnished her full 
quota of brave men and efficient officers, and was fully 
represented in the 9th and 12th regiments of United 
States infantry. There was formed from the tall men of 
the 9th regiment, a company of grenadiers under Captain 
Bodfish of Maine, and from the short men, a company of 
riflemen under Captain Rowe of New Hampshire. In 



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the latter company Harvey A. French of Washington 
served as a rifleman. He was a son of Isaac French, and 
died of yellow fever at Vera Cruz. Only one man, but 
his service and death were links in the grand chain of 
events which has placed Washington on a par with any 
town of which the Granite State can boast. She may 
well be proud of her title, the patriotism of her people, 
and the unswerving loyalty of her soldiers. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



WAR RECORDS FROM 18G2 TO 1865. 




RECORDS OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 

§HE first intimation of the late unpleasantness we 
find upon the records of the town are several 
certificates of disability, entered by some of our 
hitherto stalwart citizens. 

Under date of August 8, 1862, a call for a town meet- 
ing, in which were inserted the following articles : 

1st. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- 
ing. 

2d. To see if the town will vote to authorize the se- 
lectmen to pay an additional bounty to men who may 
hereafter enlist as soldiers from said town in the volun- 
teer service of the United States ; if so, how much. 

In the records of said meeting we find the following : 

Voted to pay an additional bounty of one hundred dol- 
lars to each volunteer after he is mustered into the 
United States service, till the quota in this town is filled, 
provided it is done before a draft is made. 

Under date of Sept. 22, another meeting was called, in 
the warrant of which is inserted the following article : 

To see if the town will vote to pay any resident who 
has or may hereafter enlist for the term of nine months 
in the service of the United States, until our quota is 
filled, the sum of fifty dollars in addition to the sum al- 
ready voted. 



• HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. I/I 

And in the records we find that the article was adopted. 
We also find recorded the following votes : 

Voted, To pay Calvin L. Howe and Charles S. Bowker 
$ioo each, provided they are mustered into the service as 
residents of this town. 

Voted, To pay Hezekiah M. Severance the sum of 
i^ioo. 

Under date of August 26, 1863, we find the following 
article : 

To see if the town will adopt the provisions of an act, 
passed June session, 1863, authorizing cities and towns 
to aid the famili.-^s of drafted men or their substitutes. 
Also an article to see if the town will vote to raise a sum 
not exceeding 1^300 to be paid to each drafted man in said 
town, who shall be considered by the board of enrollment 
qualified to serve in the army of the United States ; also 
to transact any other business deemed proper when met. 

And the records show that both articles were adopted. 
It appears that our townsmen were becoming skilled in 
the art of calling meetings, for we find a call for another 
meeting under date of Sept. 12, 1863, in which is the fol- 
lowing article : 

To see if the town will vote to raise a sum not exceed- 
ing $300, to be paid to each drafted man in said town, or 
his substitute, after he shall have been mustered into the 
United States service ten days. 

Second Article. Also authorize the selectmen to bor- 
row money on the credit of the town to pay the same. 

Third Article. Also to see if the town will appoint a 
committee to procure substitutes for men that are drafted 
to serve in the United States army. 

Second article adopted, third dismissed. 

December 5, 1863, another meeting was called, and the 
second article in the warrant was as follows : 

To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money to 
encourage volunteer enlistments, to be paid to volunteers 



172 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

when they are mustered into the United States service, 
until our present quota is filled ; also to authorize select- 
men to borrow money on the credit of the town to pay 
the same. 

The following vote was passed : 

Voted, That the selectmen be authorized to borrow a 
sum of money not exceeding ^5000, and choose an agent 
to act in conjunction with the recruiting officer to procure 
volunteers to fill our quota, and the sum to be paid to 
each recruit to be left discretionary with the agent, not to 
exceed $500. 

Chose Martin Chase, agent, and voted to adjourn the 
meeting till Dec. 26, 1863. 

Met according to adjournment, and voted that the se- 
lectmen be authorized to borrow ^1000 on the credit of 
the town in addition to the sum already voted for. 

Voted, That the agent be authorized not to exceed the 
sum of $ 600, and if he cannot procure volunteers for that 
sum, that he pay the commutation fee out of the treasury 
for the ten men already called for. 

The eleventh article in the warrant for the annual 
town meeting March 8, 1864, was as follows : 

To see if the town will vote to appoint an agent to fill 
the present quota ; also authorize the selectmen to bor- 
row money on the credit of the town to pay the same. 

But the article was dismissed. The folly of thus dis- 
missing such business was made apparent, for we find a 
meeting called April 7, in which is found the following 
article. 

To see if the town will vote to appoint an agent to fill 
the present called for quota, or any quota that may be 
called for during the year. 

3d. To see if the town will vote to have the agent pay 
each drafted man, substitute or volunteer, a sum of money 
according to the laws of the state, and authorize the se- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 1/3 

lectmen to borrow money on the credit of the town for 
the same. 

The articles were adopted and James Barney was chosen 
agent for the year to fill the present or any other quota. 

Voted, To pay $300 to each drafted man, substitute or 
volunteer, in ten days after he shall have been mustered 
into the United States service, and authorize the select- 
men to borrow money on the credit of the town to pay 
the same. 

Another warrant was issued and a meeting was called 
June 15, 1864; the second article was as follows : 

To choose a committee whose duty it shall be to fill all 
vacancies that now exist or that may hereafter exist in the 
quota of said town in the United States army, at the ex- 
pense of said town. 

3d. To transact any other business in relation to said 
town's quota, or in relation to its army affairs. 

But the town voted to dismiss both articles and ad- 
journed until July 4. There is no record of its meeting 
according to adjournment, but we find a warrant issued 
for another meeting to be held July 27, 1864. 

2d Article. To see what action the town will take to 
furnish men to be accounted for on the quota of the town 
under the next call by the President of the United States 
for volunteers for the United States army. 

3d. To see what action the town will take in regard 
to furnishing men to be accounted for on the quota of the 
town in any call now made or hereafter to be made by the 
President of the United States for volunteers for the 
United States army. 

4th. To see how much money the town will raise by 
loan or taxation to meet the expenditures which may be 
rendered necessary to carry into effect the action the 
town may take on the two preceding articles. 

The records for the meeting are as follows : 



1/4 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Voted, To act on the second, third and fourth articles 
together, and the following resolutions were adopted : 

Resolved, That the town will pay a sum not exceeding 
$1000, by way of bounty, for each volunteer who may en- 
list or be accredited to fill the quota of this town under 
the next (present) call of the President of the United 
States for troops, and that the selectmen be authorized 
to borrow sufficient money on the credit of the town for 
that purpose. 

Resolved, That upon the issue of another call by the 
President for troops, the selectmen, as soon as possible 
thereafter, shall ascertain the quota of this town, that they 
be instructed to co-operate with the agent appointed by 
the general government to recruit the quota of the town 
of Washington, and that they proceed forthwith to pro- 
cure volunteer recruits to fill said quota, to pay out the 
money for such recruits, to take the proper vouchers anc| 
see that the interests of the town are protected. 

The foregoing resolutions were evidently intended to 
"settle the hash," but we find as early as September 5, 
that another was called, with the following (second) ar- 
ticle : 

To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise 
by loan or taxation and pay to each person who 
has been an inhabitant of said Washington for three 
months, and who has heretofore enlisted or may hereafter 
enlist and be mustered into the service of the United 
States to fill the quota of said Washington under the last 
call of the President for 500,000 troops. The following 
resolution was submitted by Daniel L. Monroe for action 
upon the second article in the warrant : 

Resolved, That the selectmen be authorized to borrow 
on the credit of the town a sum of money not exceeding 
$ 2000 to each man for one year, and to appropriate 
the same as a bounty to those persons who have for three 
months or more been inhabitants of this town, and who 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 1/5 

have heretofore enlisted or may hereafter enlist and be 
mustered into the service of the United States to fill 
the quota of this town under the last call of the Presi- 
dent of the United States for 500,000 more troops, and 
that the selectmen be instructed to pay to each of said 
volunteers so mustered into the service of the United 
States the sum of ^2000 until the said quota is full, with 
the state bounty assigned to the town. 

Daniel L. Monroe moved to accept the resolution. A 
motion was made by Martin Chase to strike out the word 
two and insert the word one. The motion was carried, — 
forty-seven in its favor and forty-six against it. 

Another motion was made by Martin Chase to raise 
^1000. Voted not to accept the motion, — sixty-three 
yeas, sixty-four nays. A motion was then made by Mar- 
tin Chase to pay $ 975 to volunteers for one year's service. 
The motion was by him amended to $ 999, and it was 
again amended by L. A. Mellen to read $999.99, and the 
motion was then accepted. But the good people were ev- 
idently frightened at what they had done, for another 
meeting was called on the 12th of September (the previous 
one having been held on the 5th) and the same article 
which had so often perplexed them appears again, viz.: 

To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise 
by loan or taxation and pay to each person who has been 
an inhabitant of said Washington for three months, who 
has heretofore enlisted or who may hereafter enlist and 
be mustered into the service of the United States to fill 
the quota of said Washington under the last call of the 
President of the United States for 500,000 more troops. 

The following action was taken on the second article : 

On motion of S. W. Healy for the town to pay $300 
for one year's volunteers and $500 for three years' vol- 
unteers, an amendment was offered to pay one year's 
volunteers $1000, but was lost, fifty-seven to eight. The 
original motion of Mr, Healy was then carried with the 



1/6 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

following amendment : "And that all prior votes for pay- 
ing bounties by the town be abrogated." Yeas, seventy- 
eight, nays, six. 

We next find upon the record the following entry : 

Office of the Secretary of State, Concord, N. H., 

November i6, 1864. 
To the Town Clerk of Washington : — 

The list of the names of soldiers in ^ the field having 
their residence in your town whose ballots have been re- 
turned to me as provided by the law approved Aug. 30, 
1864, Georg:e W. Peaslea, 14th regiment, company I, Free- 
man S. Stowell, 14th regiment, company I, Joseph A. 
Powers, H. A., company H. 

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct 
list. 

Allen Tenney, 

Secretary of State. 

Here endeth the records of war legislation for the town 
of Washington. If they prove as interesting to the read- 
ers of this chapter as they were perplexing to town au- 
thorities I am content. 




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CHAPTER XXV. 



WASHINGTON'S FIRST VOLUNTEER. 

AVashington's First Volunteer. Second New Hampshire Volunteers. 
Seventh New Hampshire Volunteers. 



HE call of President Lincoln for troops in the 
spring and early summer of 1861 found the town 
of Washington fully aroused to the events which 
were transpiring in the national capital and in the south- 
ern or seceded states, and she was in no way behind her 
sister towns in sustaining the honor of the Granite State 
in her endeavor to sustain the integrity of the nation's 
honor and preserve intact the Union of the States. 

Although her people were sometimes perplexed as to 
how a thing had better be done, there was never manifest 
a disposition to leave undone anything which could ad- 
vance the cause which all so readily espoused. The spirit 
of loyalty which moved Sturtevant, New Hampshire's first 
volunteer at Concord, soon pervaded the most remote 
towns of the state, and the first volunteer from each town 
was deemed a hero of no little importance. And Wash- 
ington, as well as Concord, may ever refer with honest 
pride to James L. Mellen, or as he was familiarly known 
to Langdon Mellen. So quiet and unassuming was he 
that his most intimate friends could hardly understand 
what induced him to enlist. 



178 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

But the war of '61 revealed the true character of many 
a noble youth. It revealed them as true followers -of 
their great but now silent commander, men of acts and 
deeds rather than words, although their feelings some- 
times found utterance through the silent medium of the 
pen in glowing tributes of patriotism and unselfish de- 
votion. 

Young Mellen first enlisted for three months, but the 
organization of the ist regiment New Hampshire volun- 
teers found itself encumbered with a surplus of several 
hundred men who were organized under Thomas P. Pierce 
of Manchester, as the 2d New Hampshire regiment, when 
Governor Berry received orders to send no more three 
months men. In consequence of this Colonel Pierce re- 
siofned and Hon. Oilman Marston was commissioned col- 
onel. A large majority of the men, among them the hero 
of our sketch, re-enlisted and were mustered for three 
years, and immediately entered the field of duty. 

On the 20th of June, 1861, the regiment marched with 
full ranks to Washington, D. C, led by its gallant com- 
mander, where it arrived about noon on the 23d of June. 
From this time until January, 1863, the history of Lang- 
don Mellen is the history of the 2d New Hampshire reg- 
iment. Bull Run, with its chilling disaster, was his first 
active experience in the bloody realities of war ; and of 
the battle he writes : ^'The battle was ours until two 
o'clock, when the rebels were heavily reinforced. The 
2d New Hampshire made the last charge ; Colonel Mars- 
ton, though severely wounded, led us on. Old soldiers, 
who fought in the Mexican war, said it was a harder bat- 
tle than any fought there. Ellsworth's zouaves fought 
like tigers. Our retreat was in good order and the loss 
to our regiment about fifty." 

In the extreme front of the army before Yorktown, un- 
der Hooker, at Williamsburg, amid the miseries of Pair 
Oaks, the terrific battles before Richmond, at the over- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 1 79 

whelming repulse of the enemy at Malvern Hill, in the 
second Bull Run campaign, where the regiment met and 
routed successive lines of the enemy with the bayonet, at 
the attack on Fredericksburg, under Burnside, he ever 
acquitted himself with unflinching bravery, and won the 
respect of his comrades and the confidence and esteem 
of his commanding officers. He had risen steadily and 
deservedly in the ranks to the first sergeantcy of his 
company. He was ever impatient at delay, and all the 
fault he found with military movements they were too 
slow, and he says : " They should at once proceed on that 
gigantic scale which wisdom and humanity alike dictate 
as the only means of bringing the conflict to a speedy 
termination. To let it drag along is only to prolong the 
suffering it inflicts upon both armies. We must grapple 
with the enemy with our whole force, and if we sink let 
us sink her with us, and in the language of a patriotic 
sailor on board the Cumberland, 'Thank God the flag still 
waves.' " 

He had unbounded confidence in his regiment and in 
the ultimate success of the Union arms, and when an al- 
lusion was made to anticipated trouble with England, he 
said : "Let them come ! The harder the conflict the more 
glorious the victory." Again he says : "I am glad old 
Washington is doing something for the cause. I do not 
believe the country is lost. The old flag will yet wave 
from the Atlantic to the Pacific." 

Would to God that he might have lived to have realized 
his fondest anticipations, but the Supreme Commander of 
all had otherwise ordered. His last battle was Freder- 
icksburg. Sick and exhausted, he was advised to leave 
the regiment, but his reply was : "I came out with the 2d 
New Hampshire regiment, and I mean to die with them," 
Sick and almost dying, he was carried to Washington, D, 
C, and placed in the hospital where he was tenderly cared 



l80 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

for by Miss Harriet P. Dame.* But care and skill were 
of no avail. His disease was typhoid fever, which re- 
lentlessly claimed its victim. He continued to fail until 
he exclaimed : "Happy, happy are the sleepers who on 
earth shall never waken," and Jan. 19, 1863, sank into 
that peaceful rest from which the tumult of battle shall 
nevfer wake him. 

Henry L. Jones enlisted with J. L. Mellen in company 
G of the 2d New Hampshire volunteers. Young Jones 
was one of those unfortunate boys who had a place to 
stay, but never had a home in the true sense of the word. 
Exposure and harsh treatment had so preyed upon his 
constitution as to render him unfit for the duties upon 
which he entered, and after a few months of suffering he 
sank into a soldier's grave, and was buried with military 
honors by his comrades in arms, undoubtedly the kindest 
friends he had ever known. He died of disease at Hill- 
top, Maryland, Nov. 14, 1861. 

As Millen and Jones were the only men who enlisted 
from Washington in the 2d regiment, we have given in- 
dividual accounts of their service rather than a detailed 
account of the regiment in the case of the 7th, 8th, loth 
and 14th regiments. 

SEVENTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS. 

The 7th regiment New Hampshire volunteers en- 
camped at Manchester, New Hampshire, which place 
it left on the morning of Jan. 14, 1862, and arrived in 



* Miss Harriet P. Dame was connected with the 2d New Hampshire 
regiment during its whole term of service. Wherever tlie wounded, 
sicli and suffering were, Miss Dame was always found, cheerfully 
doing her utmost for their relief. Many of the ollit'ers and eulisted 
men owe their lives to her faithful care. New Hampshire soldiers 
will ever remember her with kindly feelings and speak her name 
with reverence, and the members of "her own regiment" regard her 
as a mother or sister. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. l8l 

New York the following morning, and went into camp 
quarters at the White street barracks, where it remained 
until Feb. 13, when it embarked for Dry Tortugas, which 
was reached about March i, two men dying of yellow fe- 
ver en route. They were stationed in Fort Jefferson, Col- 
onel Putnam in command. Good quarters were arranged 
and every preparation made for the comfort of officers and 
men, the duty consisting of garrison and fatigue duty and 
drill in both infantry and heavy artillery, in which, like all 
New Hampshire soldiers, they made commendable prog- 
ress. 

On the 1 6th of June the regiment sailed for Port Royal, 
where it arrived the 22d, and was ordered into camp at 
Beaufort, where it remained till Sept. 15, when it was or- 
dered to St. Augustine, Florida, for the purpose of rest 
and to regain the health of the men, the number of effect- 
ive men being reduced more than two hundred by death, 
disease and discharge. 

May 10, 1863, they went to Fernandina, and after a 
stay of one month went to Hilton Head. On the ist of 
June the regiment received one hundred reci;uits, and then 
numbered five hundred and thirty-three men for duty, 
having lost from various causes four hundred men, and 
had never been under fire. On the 18th of June the reg- 
iment left behind all superfluous baggage and sailed from 
Hilton Head to Folly Island, entered Stone Inlet during a 
heavy sea, but by the aid of scows effected a landing about 
midnight, marched to the north end of the island and 
went into camp within range of the enemy's guns. P'rom 
this time until the loth of July the Seventh was constant- 
ly at work erecting the batteries, which covered the landing 
of troops, and filling the city of Charleston with conster- 
nation. 

On the morning of the loth of July the Union batteries 
on Folly Island opened upon the enemy's works on Mor- 
ris Island. The Seventh passed over in the second col- 



I02 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

umn, moved to the northern part of the island, relieved 
the troops already there, and under cover of the darkness 
threw up slight earthworks. On the morning of the i ith 
an unsuccessful attempt was made upon Fort Wagner, and 
that evening the Seventh moved still nearer the work and 
commenced what was known as the second parallel in that 
memorable siege. On the i8th of July a second assault 
was made upon Wagner. Colonel Putnam being in com- 
mand of the second brigade; the command of the regiment 
devolved upon Lieut. Col. Abbott. The regiment ad- 
vanced under a most galling fire and held its position for 
more than an hour, when it became obvious that the at- 
tempt was a failure, and they were withdrawn, although 
some of the ofhcers and men had gained a position with- 
in the enemy's works. The loss to the regiment in this 
action was two hundred and twelve in killed, wounded 
and missing, — Colonel Putnam being among the killed. 
The capture of the fort by direct assault was abandoned, 
and the Seventh lay in the trenches and on picket and fa- 
tigue duty through five months of intense hot weather. 
On the 20th of December the regiment left Morris Island 
and the next day landed at St. Helena Island, opposite 
Hilton Head. It was with many sad memories that they 
recrossed the inlet, which months before they had crossed 
with full ranks and the buoyant hopes of victory. As 
they looked back, the white smoke puffed from the em- 
brasures of Fort Putnam, which, as battery Gregg, bad 
hurled death and destruction into their ranks, sweeping 
their comrades into eternity by scores. Once more they 
pass the dismounted batteries and stand upon the landing 
where the gallant Colonel Strong, of the 48th New York, 
moved his boats as their brigade commander, and landed 
upon Morris Island, while flash and fiery arch in the sky, 
from the ruins of Sumter, remind them of those who had 
answered their last roll call. 

At St. Helena the Seventh was assigned to the brigade 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 1 83 

of Col. J. R. Hawley. Upward of three hundred recruits 
had been received up to this time, and Enfield muskets 
had been exchanged for seven-shooter Spencer carbines, 
and on the 4th of February, 1864, the Seventh numbered 
six hundred and fifty men fit for duty. 

At this date the regiment joined Seymour's expedition, 
and landed at Jacksonville, Florida, on the 8th of the 
same month. It then marched with the whole force to 
Sanderson, a small station fifty miles from Jacksonville. 
On the I2th they marched from Lake City to -support a 
mounted regiment which had been sent in that direction, 
and which was being sorely pressed. After a march of 
about ten miles they encountered the enemy, who retired 
after a light skirmish, and the Seventh having accom- 
plished their purpose, returned to Sanderson the same 
jiight. On the 20th, Seymour's force moved again toward 
Lake City. After a march of fourteen miles the enemy's 
skirmishers were met and driven back two miles, when 
they were heavily reinforced near Olustre. A fierce bat- 
tle ensued which lasted until night, resulting in the defeat 
of the Union forces. The 7th New Hampshire was in 
advance, and was led within six hundred feet of the ene- 
my's line by flank "left in front," "closed in column," and 
"massed." The enemy opened with a severe fire of ar- 
tillery and musketry ; the column faltered and were 
thrown into momentary confusion, from which they soon 
rallied and did good service. Their loss in this engage- 
ment was two hundred and nine killed, wounded and miss- 
ing. In this engagement, James Culkeene, the last of the 
Washington men in the regiment, was killed, and our 
local interest in the regiment ceases, and we will only add 
that the regiment soon after joined the army of the James 
and did good service, and was mustered out at Concord, 
New Hampshire, July 20, 1865, with three hundred and 
forty-two men and ofificers, less than one hundred of them 
being men who left the state in January, 1862. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



EIGHTH NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS. 




^'O "Town History" is considered complete which 
does not contain the names of her citizens who 
have seen military service. Of such importance 
is this considered that the State, during recent years, has 
pored through its musty tomes and crumbling papers and 
rescued from oblivion the names of all those who fought 
in wars prior to the Rebellion, and has published them 
in permanent form. 

Those who served their country served also their town, 
and the town history is the proper repository of the record 
of their heroism. The "wear of ages and gathering moss" 
may obliterate their names from marble and granite, but 
the town history, preserved in library vaults, will carry 
their names and deeds down the tide of time to remote 
ages. How necessary it becom'es then to have a proper 
record transcribed while the actors are still alive and 
within reach of the historian. 

I cannot give the genealogy of the men about whom I 
am to write, but can only pay them the tribute of record- 
ing their deeds and saying that I am proud to have been 
associated with them in the best work of their lives, in 
putting down the most gigantic rebellion of which history 
makes any mention. 

The 8th New Hampshire regiment volunteer infantry 
was mustered into the United States service at Manches- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 1 85 

ter, a portion Oct. 25, 1861, and the remainder later in 
the autumn. Among the men mustered -at the first- 
named date were Mark G. Wilson, Hamilton Wilkins, 
Henry J. Mellen, George C_Crans, Henry N. Chapman, 
and John C. Philbric. Benjamin Eaton also enlisted, but 
in consequence of sickness was not mustered, and died at 
home soon after. 

These men were residents of Washington and were 
often spoken of as the "Washington Squad." The move^ 
ments of the regiment must be recorded in brief in order 
to show the service performed by each. 

Fates decided that it should become a part of "Butler's 
expedition" against New Orleans, and it departed from 
the snows of New Hampshire on the 25th of January, 
1862, stop}nng temporarily at Fort Independence, where 
company A, in which Washington's men served, with 
three other companies, embarked on the ship "Eliza and 
Ella" for Ship Island in the Gulf of Mexico, in February 
following. 

The discomforts of a sea voyage of forty days began 
the trials to be endured for three long and weary years ; 
but after hardships made these appear holidays by com- 
parison. 

Louisiana and Mississippi, in which the regiment was- 
destined to serve, were distinctively the "black belt" of 
the South, the number of slaves here being in greater 
ratio than in any other portion, and in passing it may be 
well to say, that probably no men in the service saw so 
many negroes at the supreme moment when they caught 
the first glimpse of freedom as these men of the 8th New 
Hampshire and other regiments associated with them. 

Life on Ship Island passed dolefully enough until Far- 
ragut assailed the forts below New Orleans, when com- 
pany A, with others, ascended the "Rigolets" and took 
possession of Forts Pike and Macomb, the enemy hastily 
moving out. A few weeks were spent in the latter fort. 



l86 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

preparing it for defence, when a movement was made to 
Camp Parapet, eight miles above New Orleans, on the 
east bank of the river. Drilling and garrison duty was 
performed here until October, when the command was 
placed under General Weitzel, and made part of the forces 
employed to open up the La Fourche country, a rich 
sugar growing region in western Louisiana. This resulted 
in finding the enemy, Oct. 26, and the battle of Georgia 
Landing occurred on the following day. 

No description of this or of other battles will be at- 
tempted, but the fact stated that here as in all after fights, 
Washington's men did the bravest of duty. 

Corporal Henry J. Mellen here lost his life during a charge 
on the enemy's line ; he was shot through the neck and 
probably died instantly. He had a premonition of his 
fate, as his comrades well knew. I plainly remember his 
conversation the night before the battle, while gathering 
cornstalks for a bed, in a field hard by our night's bivouac. 
"We shall come up with the rebs to-morrow and I shall 
be the first man killed," he said. How near the truth did 
his monitor come .'' His prediction was not literally ful- 
filled, as Cajr^ain Warren was the first to fall with a bullet 
through the heart, but he was one of the early victims and 
died a brave death, unflinchingly with his face to the foe. 
Poor Mellen ! I can see him yet, with his sturdy form, the 
ideal soldier, pressing forward to the carnage that before 
its end was to lay low three hundred thousand sons of the 
brave and loyal Northland. His burial place was in front 
of an adjacent plantation house, near which was the "pit" 
into which the enemy's dead were gathered at sun-down. 
Prayers were said by the chaplain over the many graves, 
and at sunrise the next morning our backs were turned 
on our martyr mounds and we were again in pursuit of 
the enemy. 

The next and only other fatality of Washington's sons 
was Hamilton Wilkins, son of Colonel Judson Wilkins, 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, iSj 

now a venerable and honorable citizen, who himself did 
patriotic service in the i6th regiment, as an officer of the 
line, and to whom the loss of his "only boy" was a crush- 
ing blow. 

Hamilton Wilkins, promoted corporal, died at Carroll- 
ton, Louisiana, Dec. 15, 1862. This is the brief record 
of a brave young life, as recorded in the report of the ad- 
jutant general of the state, I can add but little to the 
story except to testify that no braver or better soldier 
than he went out from our state. No duty, however irk- 
some or dangerous, was ever shirked by him, and he cer- 
tainly would have risen in rank had he not succumbed to 
disease. He died at the hospital at Camp Kearney, six 
miles above New Orleans, Dec. 15, 1862, and was buried 
in the camp cemetery located in a grove of live oaks near 
by. His remains, as probably also those of Mellen, have 
since been exhumed and reinterred in a national cemetery 
at Chalmette, eight miles below New Orleans, being the 
site of General Jackson's famous victory over the British, 
in the war of 18 12. 

Mark G. Wilson, George C. Crane, Henry N. Chap- 
man and John C. Philbric are the remaining men to be 
"accounted for." Each did his full duty, and bore brave and 
honorable parts in the many battles in which the Eighth 
was engaged. 

Crane was mustered out Jan. 18, 1865, after four years 
and three months service, reflecting credit on himself and 
his town. 

Chapman re-enlisted and was promoted to Hospital 
Steward, May i, 1864, doing efficient service in the posi- 
tion. He was mustered out Jan. 18, 1865, becoming su- 
pernumerary on the consolidation of the regiment into the 
"veteran battalion." 

Philbric served creditably until his transfer to the vet- 
eran reserve corps, April 22, 1864, his discharge occurring 



1 88 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Oct. 25, of the same year, and rounding out exactly the 
three years of service. 

Honorable veterans all. Let Washington honor them 
while living and revere them when dead. 

Lieutenant Mark G. Wilson probably saw more varied 
service than any other soldier from the town. He was 
mustered into service Oct. 25, 1861, and served as ser- 
geant in company A, through all of its campaigns up to 
and through the seige of Port Hudson. This in itself was 
a record of which any man might well feel proud, but stir- 
ring service was still in store for him. 

On the 2d of September, 1863, he was mustered out, by 
order of the War Department, to receive promotion, hav- 
ing been commissioned a first lieutenant in company H, 
99th U. S. C. T., a colored regiment of engineers, belong- 
ing to General Banks' celebrated "Corps d'Afrique," 
raised by him in Louisiana to test the much mooted 
question, "Will the negroes fight.?" It is well, perhaps, 
to say here that the question was handsomely answered 
in the affirmative. Colonel Hanks commanded the 99th 
nominally, though the actual command devolved on Lieut. 
Col. Piersall, at this writing, mayor of Fort Scott, Kansas. 

The regiment was mustered into service at New Or- 
leans, in the autumn of 1863, and soon moved to Brashear 
City, sixty miles to the northwest, where the winter was 
spent in drilling, preparatory to the disastrous expedition 
up Red river, under General Banks. The regiment was 
armed as infantry, but took charge of the pontoon train, 
and did immense service with this, besides building miles 
of corderoy road, and bridges without number. 

The command was at the battle of Pleasant Hill, the 
westernmost battle of the expedition except Sabine Cross 
Roads. After this battle, though victorious, our army 
was ordered to retreat to Grand Ecore, within supporting 
distance of the gunboats on Red river. Then commenced 
the famous retreat, "fight and fall back" being the order 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 189 

day after day, until Alexandria was reached. The hard- 
ships of this retrograde will never be told, fighting by day 
and marching by night, with scant supplies of food and 
often of water; the sufferings taxed the fortitude of men 
as few campaigns ever taxed them. 

Piersall's men won much distinction on this retreat, to 
be added to at Alexandria, where the famous "Baily dam," 
to rescue the fleet from their environment in Red river, 
was built. 

The 99th was one of the active regiments in this prod- 
igy of engineering skill, and Lieutenant Wilson was one 
of the officers most relied on in this dangerous service, 
and acquitted himself in such a manner as to win high 
encomium from the commander-in-chief. 

After the fleet was rescued, the retreat was continued 
down the river, across the Atchafalaya, to Monganzia Bend 
on the banks of the Mississippi, where the 99th erected a 
handsome fort. On completion of this work the regiment 
was sent to Tortugas, in the Gulf of Mexico, thence to 
Key West, where they joined the expedition of General 
Newton, destined to attack Tallahassee. Landing on the 
coast of the main land, the expedition proceeded toward 
their destination, and fought the battle of "Natural Bridge," 
Florida. 

During the progress of the fight Lieutenant Wilson was 
sent to the left of the battle line, with twenty-one of his 
men, to prevent the enemy crossing a ford. The fight 
lasted from daylight until nearly dark, when General New- 
ton was obliged to retreat. Wilson had been ordered to 
hold the ford at all hazards, and an orderly, sent by Gen- 
eral Newton to him with orders to withdraw and join the 
retreating column, having been killed in conveying the 
message, he was left, along with his few remaining men, 
and knew not what to do. 

General Newton had withdrawn in the night to a posi- 
tion twenty miles in the rear, leaving Wilson with his 



190 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

handful of men still on the field of battle. Morning broke 
and Wilson took in the situation by intuition, and then in- 
dependently commenced his own retreat toward Newton's 
forces. The enemy, largely outnumbering him, followed. 
Then commenced one of the most stubborn little fights of 
the war. The line of retreat was through a country cov- 
ered with large cypress and other trees, no "opens" or roads 
intervening. With great skill Wilson handled his men so 
as to ambush his pursuers. A staggering volley from unsus- 
pected cover enabled him to again move to the rear, and 
these tactics, at the end of four hours, placed him seven 
miles from his starting point of the morning. 

Wilson being" the only white man in the jDarty was 
singled out by the enemy's sharpshooters as the man of 
all others whom they would kill, and thus end the fight. 
Four bullets went through his clothing, but he escaped 
without a scratch. 

Lieutenant Scott, with a full company, was his pursuer. 
At the end of the seven miles fight, Captain Gwinn, with a 
company of confederate cavalry, hearing the firing, formed 
in line in his rear, blockading his further retirement and 
forcing: him to surrender. Lieutenant Scott swore he 
would shoot him and attempted to do so, but Captain 
Gwinn put him in his place by threatening his arrest, and 
telling him no one but a coward would shoot an unarmed 
prisoner and as brave a man as Wilson had pi'oved him- 
self to be. 

Scott paid Wilson the compliment of saying that, had 
General Newton fought with Wilson's stubbornness, he 
would have won the victory and gained Tallahassee. 

It is a privilege to say here that Wilson's colored sol- 
diers, unknown though they are, behaved with the great- 
est gallantry, obeying every order given them with the 
bravery of veterans. This brief mention is probably all 
they will ever get, though fully deserving a bright page 
somewhere. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, I91 

The squad, now prisoners of war, was marched to New- 
port, thence to Tallahassee, where Wilson was thrust into 
jail. He remained there nine days, and from thence was 
taken to Columbus, Georgia, where he spent another 
week's incarceration. He was next taken to Anderson- 
ville, a prison more famous for its terrors than any other 
in history, not excepting the "Black Hole" of Calcutta. 
But the war was now drawing to a close, and after a stay 
of one month, Wilson, with three thousand three hundred 
others, was marched out for exchange, their destination 
being Jacksonville, Florida. This was the last detach- 
ment that ever loft Andersonville gates, thirty-five com- 
rades only remaining behind to die, unable to be moved. 

Two weeks were spent in marching and stopping, when 
news of the surrender of Lee and the assassination of 
President Lincoln reached the ofificers in command of 
the guards. The prisoners were at once abandoned and 
left to find their way to Jacksonville as best they might. 
Without direction or supplies, in a country made barren 
by the march of armies, these men suffered untold mis- 
eries of hunger and fatigue, reaching Jacksonville, mere 
starved and ragged wrecks of humanity. Stopping here a 
few days, Wilson was then shipped to Annapolis, Mary- 
land, and went into camp of paroled prisoners. A stay of 
four weeks was made here, when he was mustered out by 
an order from General Grant to discharge all officers 
away from their commands. There ended the service of 
a soldier who in all his varied experiences bore himself 
with credit to himself and honor to his town. 

Hiram F. and Frank A. Barney, though enlisting at 
Nashua, were natives of Washington, and ought to be 
briefly mentioned in these memoirs. Both were members 
of company A of the 8th regiment, and both served cred- 
itably. The first was a corporal, but served largely on de- 
tached service, being considered a very valuable man in 
the commissary department, where his untiring industry 



192 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

and sterling integrity gained him an enviable rejDuta- 
tion. 

By the accidental discharge of a musket at Donnellson- 
ville, Louisiana, in the summer of 1863, he lost a leg, and 
was discharged, September 27, of the same year. 

Frank A., the younger brother, though a mere boy at 
enlistment, went through all the hardships of numerous 
campaigns in that deadly climate, and was finally mustered 
out January 18, 1865, 

I cannot close this hasty sketch without paying a brief 
tribute to three members of the "Washington Squad" who 
enlisted from the town of Deering, but who, I think, were 

natives of Washington, — Samuel , J. Harvey, and 

John W. Crane, the latter now a resident of Washington. 
There were no better soldiers than each of these. Samuel 
died of disease contracted by his hard service in Louisi- 
ana's jungles, and J. Harvey was drowned at Natchez, 
Mississippi, July 27, 1865, each as clearly a victim of 
"war's cruel hate" as though they had died charging the 
cannon's mouth. 

This article may be considered too fulsome, but I as- 
sure the reader that nothing is herein recorded that will 
not stand as cold hard facts. Lucky is the town that can 
furnish for the. country's defence men like these of whom 
I have written. Heroes every one ! I am proud to have 
been associated with them, and this sketch is a labor of 
love for my comrades, for their duty well performed. To 
the "Washington Squad" hail and farewell. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



TENTH NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEEES. 




BRIEF history of the loth New Hampshire vol- 
unteers seems necessary in order to give a faith- 
ful record of the men of Washington whose for- 
tune it was to serve their country in an "Irish Regi- 
ment." 

This regiment was recruited in the summer and early 
autumn of 1862, and known as the Irish regiment. Al- 
though the commanding officer and many of his subordi- 
nates were gallant sons of Erin's Isle, and several of the 
companies were largely of the same nationality, it is doubt- 
ful whether there were really more Irishmen in the regi- 
ment, as a whole, than there were in the 3d or 8th regi- 
ments. Be that as it may, the loth New Hampshire never 
faltered in its line of duty, or cast a shadow of reproach 
upon the good reputation of New Hampshire soldiers, 
or a stain of dishonor upon New Hampshire men. 

The regiment was mustered into the United States ser- 
vice at Manchester, September 5, 1862, numbering nine 
hundred and thirty-eight officers and men, commanded by 
Col. M. T. Donahoe, of Manchester, whose service as cap- 
tain of company C, in the 3d New Hampshire, had thor- 
oughly fitted him for the position. The Tenth left camp 
at Manchester on the morning of September 22, and after 
a trip interspersed with pleasant incidents and painful ac- 



194 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

cidents, reached the national capital on the 25th of the 
same month. 

Worcester, Massachusetts, Jersey City, New Jersey, and 
the famous Cooper refreshment saloon in Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, were places of much interest to "raw re- 
cruits," and were conducive of pleasant memories in the 
weary months that intervened before -those who survived 
retraced their steps through those loyal cities. Before 
reaching Baltimore, a railway accident resulted in the 
death of one of our number, and as it was the first death 
in the regiment, caused a tinge of sadness, more noticeable 
than it would have been one year later. Our short stay in 
Baltimore was evidently endured rather than enjoyed by the 
natives, and a visit to a camp of exchanged prisoners gave 
us an idea of the realities of war. Our stay here was very 
brief, however, to the satisfaction of all parties, I presume, 
and we embarked on a freight train for Washington, D. C. 
We had proceeded but a short distance before we were 
overtaken by an engine, which ran with full speed into 
the rear of our train, crushing several cars and severely 
injuring several of the men, some of them fatally. The 
engineer of the colliding train was suspected of wicked 
intentions, and undoubtedly owed his life to empty mus- 
kets and cartridge boxes, but was finally allowed to return 
to Baltimore under arrest. Upon our arrival in Washing- 
ton, D. C, we were quartered for the night in the gov- 
ernment barracks. In the morning we were marched in- 
to the "soldiers' retreat" for breakfast ( ? ). We had not 
then become accustomed to soldiers' fare, and it is doubt- 
ful if the men ever saw a more repulsive repast, and I do 
not believe they ever were hungry enough to have eaten 
what they saw upon those tables with their eyes open, un- 
less we except that portion of our number who were so 
unfortunate as to die in rebel prisons. It was quickly 
passed by, however, and the stuff left for the next regi- 
ment. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. I95 

The regiment marched from Washington to Camp 
Chase, on Arlington Heights, where they took their first 
lessons in pitching tents, and for three days remained on 
the former home of the illustrious Washington. It was a 
season of much interest for the raw recruit who had a 
love for historic grounds and beautiful scenery, though 
marred by war's desolation, which has since become a vast 
bivouac of the nation's dead. On the evening of Septem- 
ber 29, we marched back to Washington and lay upon the 
sidewalks, no other accommodation being offered us. On 
the following morning we boarded a train of cars and left 
for Frederick City, Maryland. Here we saw the scars of 
the battle of Antietam, the city being filled with the 
wounded of both armies, and the ground had been made 
classic by the brave old Barbara Frietchie, 

"Who bravest of all in Frederick town, 
Took up the flag the men hauled down." 

October 4, President Lincoln made a flying visit to the 
town and the regiment formed in line beside the railroad 
to see him. As he passed us he came out on the platform 
of his car and bowed gracefully in response to our cheers. 

On the evening of the same day we again broke camp 
and took the cars for Sandy Hook, opposite Harper's 
Ferry, where we arrived in the night, and lay down on the 
ground upon a hillside so steep that many of us slid down 
the hill several yards from our equipments before day- 
light. In the morning we ascended Maryland Heights, in 
view of scenery which Jefferson said was worth a journey 
across the Atlantic to behold, and which a Washington 
boy wrote home, made Lovell's Mountain look like a corn- 
hill. Harper's Ferry, burned and blackened by two 
sieges, wrecks of cars and steamboats strewn along the 
river banks, long trains of cars crossing and recrossing 
a frail bridge hastily thrown across blackened piers, 
formed a never-to-be-forgotten picture, set in the sublime 



196 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

gorge of Blue Ridge, and the roaring torrents of the 
Potomac and Shenandoah, which seemed to unite ahnost 
beneath our feet. Two days were allowed for the enjoy- 
ment of this scenery, when we moved over the mountain 
and camped in Pleasant Valley, Maryland, where we were 
fairly incorporated with the Army of the Potomac, being 
assigned to the ist brigade, 3d division, 9th army corps. 

The 9th, 89th, and 103d New York regiments, with our 
own, formed the brigade. A few days at this place were 
spent in drill and in many incidents of undoubted interest, 
but space forbids in this chapter a complete enumeration. 
On the 28th of October the Army of the Potomac began to 
move. The 9th army corps crossed the mountain, marched 
through Knoxville and crossed the Potomac at Berlin, and 
marched to Lovettsville, where they established a reputa- 
tion for foraging which they never suffered to grow dim. 
On, on, to Wheatland, and on Sunday, November 5, it 
marched to Phillemont. On this day's march we passed 
through a small town where the chivalry were holding 
public worship. We endeavored to assist them by sing- 
ing "John Brown's Body," and although they may not 
have appreciated the text of our song, it was rendered 
with a devotion they must have admired. Thence on 
each day, through Upperville, Rectortown, and on the 9th 
reached Goskin's Mills, where a snow storm occurred. 
There we drove a rebel regiment out of their camp so 
hastily that they left us their hoe-cake and corn dodgers 
on their camp fires. 

A halt of nearly a week was made at this place. Gen- 
eral McClellan was relieved, and our corps commander, 
Gen. A. E. Burn side, succeeded him in command. 

October 15, General Early attempted to capture our 
wagon team ; the Tenth was ordered to support a battery, 
the fight lasting half an hour. Some of the battery were 
killed but we escaped injury. The march was continued 
and Warrenton Junction reached. The next day's march 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. I97 

to Bealton was very severe, being led ten miles out of our 
course, and some of the men dropped dead from exhaust- 
ion. On the 17th we reached Elk Run, and on the i8th, 
Hartwood church, where, in a cold drenching rain, the 
Tenth went on picket some three and a half miles from 
camp. On the morning of the 19th, we retraced our 
steps, joined the brigade, and by the hardest march of all, 
we reached Falmouth, over almost impassable roads, and 
passed a most disagreeable night in the mud and water, 
which scarcely admitted of standing, much less of lying 
down. 

Constant drill occupied the next three weeks, but on 
the loth of December, eighty rounds of ammunition were 
issued -to each man, which in view of the rebel fortifica- 
tions which had sprung up on the opposite height, had a 
significant meaning. On the morning of the iith, three 
hundred guns began their ceaseless thunder on the city of 
Fredericksburg. Bridges were laid and troops began to 
cross. It was dark, when, preceded by only one brigade, 
the Tenth went over and formed line of battle in the 
streets of Fredericksburg. All day Friday, December 12, a 
brisk interchange of shots was kept up. At daylight on the 
morning of the 1 3th, Colonel Donahoe took the regiment to 
the front, where we were thrown forward as skirmishers 
under cover of a dense fog. At eight o'clock the fog rose, 
revealing the close proximity of the hostile forces, and 
we were opened upon by a hot musketry fire, to which we 
promptly replied, and opened the ball on that part of the 
line. With the advance of the Tenth the assaulting: 
column advanced on Mary's Height. Regiment after regi- 
ment of brave men rushed into a vortex of fire, but were 
forced back or left stretched upon useless graves before an 
impregnable position. The Tenth held its position, and pre- 
vented the enemy from flanking the assaulting column. 
Just before dark the ist brigade is ordered to make a last 
charge, and the 10th New Hampshire takes its position at 



198 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

the right of the line. We advance over ground where all 
day long we have witnessed the slaughter of our comrades. 
The line is formed as darkness and the smoke of battle 
settle upon us. Orders are given in subdued tones. We 
fully realize our position. Not a man falters ; up we go 
over a steep bank and form successively in line of battle. 
The rebel batteries belch forth fire and death with re- 
newed vigor. We come to a fence and quickly cross it. 
Our feet splash in human gore — yes, in loyal blood. We 
struggle through a ditch and scramble upon solid ground. 
Bullets zip through our ranks and over our heads ; shriek- 
ing shells and hissing grape sing their death song. We 
come to a heap of dead and wounded men ; my right hand 
man and myself make a detour to the left to pass them ; 
we take a few steps in that direction, when he breaks 
from n\e to pass on the other side ; it is a fatal mistake ; 
his Jifeless body is added to the pile we leave upon the 
fi<eld and is recognized by the dimly burning lanterns of 
the burial party. But on we go in darkness until the 
guns seem to flash in our very faces. Regiment mingles 
with regiment in confusion, and we are unable to distin- 
guish friend from foe, and we are forced to retire. Dark- 
ness had saved us from the terrible slaughter of the day 
which had strewn the field with our dead comrades, and 
we realize our worst fears, — Fredericksburg is a rebel vic- 
tory. Yet in this terrible experience we lost but three 
officers and fifty men in killed and wounded, and under 
cover of darkness we recrossed the river on the evening 
of the 15th, and retraced our steps to our old camp 
ground. From this time until the 9th of February we 
are occupied with drill, picket duty on the Rappahannock, 
and lugging wood to keep ourselves from freezing to death. 
On that date we proceeded by rail to Aquia Creek, and 
thence by steamer Portsmouth and Propeller Planet 
(company H on the latter) down the Potomac and Ches- 
apeake Bay to Fortress Monroe, Virginia, thence up the 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. I99 

Hampton Roads to Newport News. The change was a 
most agreeable one. Comfortable barracks took the place 
of our shelter tents, and the dry, sandy soil was a welcome 
change from the plastic mud of the Rappahannock shore. 
Wood could be drawn with mule teams, thereby enabling 
the company cooks to properly prepare the government 
rations. While here, company H, to which the Washing- 
ton boys fortunately belonged, were detailed as body 
guards at the headquarters of Gen. W. F. Smith, com- 
monly known as "Baldy Smith." While engaged in this 
agreeable duty, privates Hoyt and Mellen were employed 
in tinkering up the quarters which stood upon the banks 
of the river, near the ever-to-be-remembered scene of 
conflict between the Monitor and the Merrimack, includ- 
ing the destruction of the Congress and Cumberland, the 
top-mast of the ill-fated Congress being in full view of 
our quarters. A solid eleven-inch shot from the Mer- 
rimack passed entirely through the house, barely to the 
left of the chimney, leaving wounds which we failed to 
heal without a scar. 

On the 25th of February, there was a grand review of 
the corps by Maj.-Gen. John A. Dix, one of New Hamp- 
shire's noblest sons, in which the loth New Hampshire 
was conspicuous for its military bearing, and company H 
for its gentlemanly conduct and soldierly bearing of its 
members at the corps' headquarters. March 14, the regi- 
ment left for Suffolk, Virginia. Two days later, General 
Smith was assigned to a command in the Army of the 
Tennessee, and company H rejoined the regiment at Suf- 
folk. The day after our arrival, we assisted in the burial 
service of Surgeon Hanwood, who died very suddenly, 
having by his uniform kindness endeared himself to all. 

Early in April, General Longstreet threatened to cap- 
ture Suffolk, and the Tenth was busily engaged with all 
the incidents of garrison duty, and for eighteen days were 
under an almost constant fire. Their labors were inces- 



200 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

sant ; sleep and rest were very limited. On the 19th, a 
volunteer force from the regiment went on an expedition 
down the Nansemond river, capturing a fort, guns and am- 
munition, etc., in which the Washington boys acquitted 
themselves with honor to their regiment and their town. 

About this time Longstreet's forces were withdrawn 
to assist General Lee on the Rappahannock, and on the 
13th of May, the Tenth broke camp and moved to Bower's 
Hill, Suffolk being abandoned by both armies. The Tenth 
was employed upon a line of work which had been sur- 
veyed from the east to the west branch of the Elizabeth 
river for the defense of Portsmouth. While here the 
regiment was sent on a raid to sever Lee's connection 
with Richmond, but after a severe and almost fruitless 
march of twenty-one days, returned to camp, where 
they found everything in good order, and deemed it a 
pause of rest. The march had been severe and without 
the glorious recompense of victory. After a few days' 
rest, work was resumed on the fortifications with great 
vigor. On the 20th of July, the regiment was reviewed 
by Gen. J. G. Foster, who was well pleased with the ap- 
pearance of the troops from his native state. July 30, we 
moved camp to Julian's Creek, or Camp Fort Reno, and 
did picket on all the important outposts of the depart- 
ment. On the 2 1st of August we received 166 recruits, 
most of them substitutes for better men we hope, and on 
the 4th of October, 169 more. They gave us no little an- 
noyance, and many of them deserted, for the benefit of the 
regiment. It is but justice to say, however, that some of 
them became excellent soldiers, John Frazer, a former 
but now deceased townsman being one of them. 

On the last day of February, 1864, while the regiment 
was being mustered for pay, an orderly came rushing into 
camp announcing the presence of a rebel foraging party 
within a few miles of our camp. The regiment made a 
hasty march to Deep Creek, four miles distant, and there 



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halted, spending the night, or a part of it, in a deserted 
earthwork commanding the bridge across the creek. A 
fearful rain was falling, and before morning all, or nearly- 
all, left the fort and found protection from the storm 
in a house, said to belong to a major in the rebel army. 
Sleep was out of the question, and a part of the men 
up stairs amused themselves by tearing up the floor and 
kicking the lath and plaster on to the heads of those 
below, while we in the lower room retaliated by tearing 
out the stairway so quietly that those in the upper rooms 
were made prisoners in their own quarters. At break of 
day we learned that the "Johnnies" had made an attack on 
an outpost, and all men who were not feeling equal to a 
rapid march were told to remain where they w^re. But 
few remained, and they were really unable to march rap- 
idly. About one hundred of us started in hot pursuit and 
traversed eight measured miles in one hour and fifteen 
minutes, our road being the tow path of a canal, the oppo- 
site side being an impassable swamp, arriving in season 
to render efficient aid to our comrades of the 9th New 
Jersey, who were retreating before the "Johnnies." 
Lieutenant Russell, taking an overcoat, waved it high and 
threw it flat upon the ground, a signal for "blue coats 
down," which was instantly understood, and as the blue 
coats dropped down we sent a volley after the retreating 
"rebs." They, however, bayonetted one of the Jersey 
boys and stripped his clothing from him, mounted their 
horses and were soon out of our reach. Destroying a 
bridge behind them they made good their escape. We, 
however, "borrowed" the floor from a neighboring barn, 
replaced the bridge, and succeeded in capturing a mule 
team laden with corn, and returned to camp after an ab- 
sence of three days of incessant marching, almost without 
sleep or food. On the 19th of March, the regiment left 
their camp at Julian's Creek, which had become almost a 
home to them, having been there since the 30th of July, 



202 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

and moved to Great Bridge, a distance of fifteen miles, 
and on the 19th of April moved from there to Yorktown 
and camped on or near ground made historic by the sur- 
render of Cornwallis to the American army and its 
French ally under General Washington and Count de Ro- 
chambeau, eighty-three years before. On the 5th of May, 
the loth and 13th New Hampshire embarked on steamers 
and moved down the York and up the James river to 
Bermuda Hundred, and the Tenth led the advance toward 
the Walthal railroad. On the 7th of May we encountered 
the enemy in the morning, and during the day lost several 
men on the skirmish line. On the 9th another advance 
was made, the enemy retreating before us. 

After dark, while enjoying a brief rest, the regiment 
was aroused by a fierce yell and a volley of musketry. The 
boys were instantly on their feet, and guided by the flash 
of the enemy's guns, poured volley after volley into the 
ranks of the retreating foe, who broke and fled. But few 
were wounded, among them Lieut. John A. Eaton, a New- 
bury boy, but a former student of Tubbs Union Academy. 
While reforming his company he had his leg shattered by 
a musket ball, and refusing to submit to amputation, died 
from his wound, one of the bravest soldiers New Hamp- 
shire gave the nation. On the 12th of the month, an ad- 
vance was made toward Richmond ; the rebel line, being 
forc^ed back two miles, made a stand. An advance was or- 
dered, and the regiment plunged into a tangled swamp by 
the "right of companies to the front." They reach the 
skirmish line and reform ; the order to charge is given by 
General Burnham in these words : "Boom ahead and sock 
'em, boys," — effective if not military. With a clear, ring- 
ing cry they spring forward, deliver a volley, and with 
their bayonets scatter the enemy like chaff. In this action 
Moses D. Proctor received a mortal wound from which he 
died five days later, at Hampton, Virginia. Company H 
lost a brave and true soldier, and Washington an upright 



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and respected townsman, who enlisted from strong con- 
victions of duty, and sealed his devotion to his country 
with his life. 

On the 26th, at Drury Bluff, the regiment acquitted it- 
self manfully, sealing its devotion to the cause of freedom 
with its blood, and when ordered to withdraw, volunteered 
to hold its ground to insure the safety of another regi- 
ment, and for two* hours held its ground for their benefit. 
But th'e brave deeds of these gallant men are becoming 
too numerous to mention by detail. 

On the 1 6th, at Port Walthal, they preserved their rec- 
ord, but it was reserved for the 3d of June for its fiercest 
ordeal. Deployed in front of two brigades, they rushed 
upon the enemy and encountered a most terrific storm of 
musket balls, which, with the fearful missiles of artillery, 
swept the men into eternity by scores ; but they pressed 
on, took possession of the enemy's works, and held them 
through the day. In this engagement ninety men and 
officers fell in less than fiv^e minutes. The regiment 
remained here until the 12th, losing men, in killed and 
wounded, every day. On the 14th, they returned to their 
former camp at Bermuda Hundred. No rest for weary 
men here, however, for at midnight they are aroused 
and cross the Appommatox, and are constantly engaged, 
now on the skirmish line, now to clear the enemy from 
redoubt or rifle pit, until, on the i6th, they number fifty- 
four men, and on that day lose nine more. On the 17th, 
they are relieved, and returning to Bermuda, enjoy a rest 
of four days. The movements of the regiment were con- 
stant and severe until the 27th. Much to its satisfaction 
it again returned to Bermuda, where it remained until 
September 28, free from fighting, but subject to an un- 
healthy camp ground, where the men were much reduced 
by sickness. 

At Fort Harrison, on the 28th of September, the Tenth 
received one hundred and fifty Spencer rifles, to be used 



204 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

in the coming battlfe, in which they added to their former 
valor on bloody fields. At midnight they led the advance 
across the river and formed a skirmish line, encountering 
the enemy before daylight, and drove them three or four 
miles to the cover of their works, on Chapin's farm. Here 
the main body came up and formed for an assault on Fort 
Harrison, a powerful work situated on a hill three-fourths 
of a mile distant, the intervening slope being swept by 
the enemy's cannon. A line is hastily formed and the 
first division, moving in quick time, march steadily for- 
ward, shells tearing through their ranks, and as they 
advance grape and canister mow them down. Colonel 
Donahoe's horse is shot under him. On, on, with steady 
step the fast opening gaps are closed up, until with 
defiant cheers, and at the cost of many brave lives, they 
gain the ditch, mount the ramparts, drive the enemy 
from his guns, and hastily turn them upon the fleeing foe. 
Stung by defeat, long lines of rebel gray, with the firm 
tread of men resolved to conquer, charge and recharge 
upon the works, only to strew the ground with their dead 
and dying. New Hampshire boys stood firm as the gran- 
ite of their- native hills, and met each advance with a firm 
repulse. Fort Harrison is won and held at a fearful cost. 
We have lost in a few brief hours our regimental, brigade 
and corps commanders, Colonel Donahoe being severely 
wounded, and Captain Caswell, who succeeded in com- 
mand, being instantly killed. No braver man ever drew 
sword in defence of his country. 

On the 25th of October, they were again subjected to a 
murderous fire at Fair Oaks, which for the first time in 
the entire campaign checked their impetuous assault. 
They had reached a position where retreat or advance 
was impossible. They were forced to lie down within 
a few yards of the enemy's works and wait for darkness 
to cover their escape. But in a sortie by the rebels they 
were nearly all captured. Only two out of ten officers 



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escaped, and seventy-four men were killed, wounded or 
captured, and nearly all the men who were captured died 
in the loathsome prison pen at Salisbury, North Carolina. 
The next morning the few remaining men reached camp 
after a most wretched march in the rain. They remained 
in the lines before Richmond all winter, performing the 
customary duty of troops in front of the enemy's garrison. 
Here on the 26th of December, Samuel T. Farnsworth 
died, almost upon his post of duty, having been relieved 
but a few hours before his death. He was a faithful, vigi- 
lant soldier, a kind and obliging tent mate, and it may 
well be said that he was completely worn out, having 
taken part in almost every march and action of the regi- 
ment from its formation until his death. 

At the final triumphant advance upon Richmond, the 
Tenth formed van guard, and divided honors with the 13th 
New Hampshire volunteers in being the first to enter the 
city. It is believed that a small detachment of the Tenth, 
under command of Capt. Warren M. Kelley of Hooksett, 
were the first troops to enter the city, and that private 
George L. Mellen of Washington was the first to place 
his hand upon the guns of the capitulated fortress. For 
three months it did provost duty in the city that had for 
four years withstood the assaults of the finest army the 
world ever saw. On the 21st of June, 1865, it was mus- 
tered out of the United States service, and came to Con- 
cord, where it received its final pay and discharge. The 
history of the loth New Hampshire volunteers is a record 
of brave deeds and heroic sacrifice, of which any soldier 
may feel proud. The Washington boys performed well 
their part in all its grand achievements and are worthy of 
its hio'hest honors. 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



FOURTEENTH NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS. 



^^^HE 14th New Hampshire Volunteers was the last 
three years' regiment from the State, and was 
composed largely of representative New Hamp- 
shire men, — men who enlisted from a sense of duty, rather 
than because they had any desire for a military life. In 
some cases it is fair to presume that the bounties paid, 
which enabled them to leave their families provided with 
the necessities and comforts of life, were an incentive 
to enlist, but that any considerable number of the 14th, or 
any of the regiments which preceded it, were bounty 
jumpers, is a slander long since refuted. The Fourteenth 
differed in some respects from the regiments which had 
preceded it inasmuch as it was largely composed of men 
from the agricultural portions of the state and from small 
manufacturing villages, and the men of the respective 
companies were scattered over entire counties, Cheshire 
county furnishing four companies, while Sullivan, Grafton, 
Coos, Carroll, Merrimack and Hillsborough furnished one 
company each. Our interests are centered at this time in 
the Sullivan county, or Company I, as the company in 
which the Washington men, seven in number, served their 
country. All good and true men, though there were but 
two of them that could strictly be classed as Washington 
men. F. S. Stowell and George S. Jones were emphat- 
ically representatives of this town, and without dispar- 
agement to their associates, we can heartily say were a 





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delegation of which the town may ever speak with honest 
pride. 

No production of my pen will be so interesting in this 
connection as their own account of their service, which I 
give almost verbatim. Freeman S. Stowell was the son 
of John Stowell, with whom he lived on what is known as 
the Stowell farm, north of Ashuelot pond. At the time 
of his enlistment Freeman's family consisted of his de- 
voted wife and two children, Hattie and Oscar, 3 years 
and I year of age. Those of us who have experienced 
similiar trials can well imagine the fond father's feelings at 
that time. 

August 13th, 1862, I enlisted for the United States 
Service, and was assigned to Company I, 14th Regiment 
New Hampshire Volunteers. After my enlistment I was 
not called for until the 13th of September. About 11 
A. M., that day, a boy came into the field where I was at 
work, and handed me a note from S. Clogston, Recruiting 
Officer, ordering me to report at Claremont immediately, 
for drill. I worked till noon, went to the house, ate my 
dinner, bade adieu to my family, and that afternoon 
walked to Claremont (a distance of twenty-four miles). 
Father wanted to carry me, but I told him if I could not 
walk that distance I was not fit for a soldier. About one 
mile before I reached Claremont, Clogston overtook me 
with a coach load drawn by four horses, only two of which 
were ever mustered into service. I got aboard, and thus fin- 
ished my first march in the service. At Claremont we were 
joined by a squad from Cornish, among them Alonzo 
Knight, now a resident of Washington, and a good sol- 
dier in Company I. We were quartered at the Sullivan 
House, James Leet, proprietor, (one of the best quarter- 
masters we ever had,) where we remained until Sept. 18. 
While here we were drilled by S. Clogston, by his own 
tactics, which proved of little use to us. September i8th, 
we went to Concord, and were quartered on the old Fair 



208 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Ground. Here the company was drilled to some purpose, 
by Wm. H. Chaffin, afterward Captain of the company. 
We were mustered into the U. S. Service, September 
22nd. September 24th, a furlough of one week was 
granted. During that week I put in some good work on 
the farm, called on several of my neighbors and bade 
them good bye. October i8th, the Regiment left Concord, 
and reached Washington, D. C, the 20th. From the or- 
ganization of the regiment till its final discharge, its his- 
tory was .my history. It never made but one move but 
what I went with it. On that occasion I was left behind 
to care for the sick. Briefly summed up our service was 
this : The first winter we spent at Poolesville, Maryland, 
picketing on the Potomac, guarding the railroad, canal, 
etc., and occupying our leisure hours with drill and various 
duties incident to camp life. 

April, '62), we were ordered to Washington, where we 
did guard duty at the public buildings, prisons, bridges, 
etc., patrol duty on the streets, in short, in every locality 
where soldiers were needed in and around the city, the 
men of the 14th New Hampshire were kept on duty. 
January 31st, 1864, our regiment was relieved from duty 
in the city. Feb. ist, we left Washington, being ordered to 
the Upper Potomac, to put a stop to raids on the Balti- 
more and Ohio railroad, proceeding in box cars as far as 
the junction of the North and South branches of the 
river, where we bivouacked in shelter tents till the 7th, 
when we returned to Harper's Ferry and did picket duty 
on the river. Feb. 24th, the regiment was ordered to 
Washington, arriving there the following day. February 
27th, the regiment started for New Hampshire to vote. On 
arriving at Concord we were furloughed for tweh'e days. 
Election day of 1864 was an uncomfortable day for rebel 
sympathizers wherever the Fourteenth was on duty. 
March 14th, the regiment rallied on its colors at Concord ; 
on the 1 6th, left Concord, and went into New York City bar- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 2O9 

rack on the 17th, where they remained until the 20th, 
when seven companies embarked on the steamer Daniel 
Webster for New Orleans, Company I being one of them. 
On the 22d, the ship was in a terrible storm, which lasted 
three days, disabling the ship and threatening destruction 
to all on board ; 27th, the vessel put into Hilton Head for 
repairs. Friday, April i, we again embarked on board 
the Daniel Webster, reaching Key West, Florida, on the 
5th, where we remained until the 8th, and finally reached 
New Orleans, April 12, where we found the balance of 
our regiment awaiting our arrival. Owing to the storm 
which delayed us, we were too late to join the Banks ex- 
pedition up the Red river, as was designed when we were 
ordered to this department. 

We were stationed at Camp Parapet, behind a line of 
earthworks extending from the Mississippi to Lake Pon- 
chartrain, where we did picket and guard duty on the 
trains running from New Orleans to Jackson, Mississippi. 
June 7th, the regiment went up the river on a transport to 
Morganzia, where we camped till the 19th, when we joined 
an expedition up the river to destroy a band of guerrillas 
that were firing into vessels on the river ; proceeded up 
the river to Port Adams, Mississippi, reaching there on 
the morning of the 21st, without seeing an armed reb. 

That night we returned to Morganzia. July ist, the 
regiment v^^as assigned to the ist brigade, 2d division, 19th 
army corps, General Emery, corps, General Gioner, divis- 
ion, and General Buge, brigade commander. The regi- 
ment served in this connection till the close of the war. 
From Louisiana we were sent to join the Army of the 
Potomac ; landed at Bermuda Hundred, July 21st; on the 
28th, crossed the James river at deep bottom, on pontoon 
bridges, where we encountered the fire of the enemy for 
the first time, having been nearly two years in the ser- 
vice ; only a slight skirmish, as the enemy retreated rap- 
idly before us ; 29th, we returned to our camp at Bermu- 



210 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

da Hundred. From the Army of the Potomac we were 
transferred to Sheridan's army in the valley, and served 
under that gallant commander through the brilliant cam- 
paign which resulted in the destruction of Early's army. 
The regiment took an active part in the battles of 
Winchester, Cedar Creek and Fisher's Hill, following the 
enemy to Harrisonsburg. Previous to the battle of 
Winchester our regiment was camped at Berryville. 

September 15th, orders came for the regiment to be 
ready to move at two o'clock next morning. Our assistant 
surgeon. Dr. Marshall Perkins of Marlow, New Hampshire, 
went through camp, ordering all sick men to get ready to 
take the ambulances which would soon call for them. I 
had been suffering several days with a large • erysipelas 
sore on my left breast, which made me sick. The doctor 
ordered me with others to take the ambulance, which I 
refused to do. He said there was to be a fight the next 
day and I could not march or wear my equipments. I told 
him I enlisted to fight, and if there was chance I was not 
going to be deprived of it. I slept none that night, but 
took my place in the ranks next morning when the regi- 
ment fell in, and held it till the battle was over, but came 
near being captured after the first attack, v/hen the regi- 
ment was repulsed and ordered to retreat, as I found it 
impossible to keep up with them. I would gladly have 
taken an ambulance then. But when the line was re- 
formed I went again, and was one of the sixteen to answer 
present at the roll call of Company I that night. 

After the day's carnage was done, thirty-two of the 
Fourteenth were left dead on the field and ninety were 
wounded. The 23d, we took part in the battle of Fisher's 
Hill. I was in the line that charged the rebel works, and 
sent them flying up the valley, following them all night, 
our regiment being at the head of the column. A little 
after midnight the rear-guard of the rebel army fired into 
us ; here a minnie ball took a piece of skin from my left 



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ear. We followed the enemy to Harrisonburg, which 
place we reached the 25th. The regiment remained here 
doing provost duty till ordered to retrace our steps down 
the valley, either destroying or driving off everything that 
could in any way contribute to the support of an army, an 
order which was faithfully carried out. October 19th, our 
regiment was engaged in the battle of Cedar Creek, the 
last engagement in which it had occasion to participate. 
In this engagement I threw away my blanket and that 
night slept without any bed but the bare ground, and no 
covering but the clothes I had worn through the day, 
which were completely saturated with sweat. I slept 
soundly, though the night was so cold that the ground 
around me was frozen in the morning. We remained in 
the valley till the 6th of January, 1865 ; 7th, arrived in Bal- 
timore, where we remained three days, when we went on 
board the steamship "Ariel;" 12th, landed at Newport 
News. 

The next day we re-embarked for Georgia ; reached Sa- 
vannah on the 17th, where we remained until the 6th of 
May, doing guard and patrol duty, etc. Several times I 
went on flag of truce boats to Sisters Ferry to exchange 
prisoners, and once with a load of citizens, mostly women, 
who were sent outside the Union lines for expressing joy 
at the assassination of President Lincoln. 

May 6th, we left Savannah, and on the 14th, after a long, 
weary march, reached Augusta. The chief duty we per- 
formed here was to guard Jeff. Davis and A. H, Stevens 
through the city from depot to gunboat. Had we known 
then the old rebel was to go "scot free," I don't think he 
would have reached the boat alive. May i6th, we left Au- 
gusta and marched to the extensive arsenal grounds on 
the sand hills. On the 13th, we started on our march 
back to Sava?nnah, reaching it on June 7th. As the brigade 
neared the city it was met by a staff officer with an order 
relieving the Fourteenth from brio:ade connections — to be 




212 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

mustered out of service. TJie zvar was over ! I felt that 
my duty as a soldier was done. An intense longing for 
home took possession of me. But weary hours, tiresome 
days, and even long weeks lengthened into a month be- 
fore we left Savannah. We were finally mustered out of 
the service at Hilton Head, July 8, 1865. On the nth, 
we started for Boston, reaching it on the 17th, Concord 
the 1 8th, home the 19th. Of the original members of 
Company I, only thirty-four came back with the regiment. 
When I enlisted my weight was two hundred pounds ; 
when I reached home I weighed one hundred and forty- 
five pounds. I never was excused from duty a day after 
the regiment left Washington, D. C, until discharged. 

My military career ended, I only ask to be remembered 
in the history of my native town as one who in the hour 
of his country's peril endeavored to do his duty. 

In conclusion I cannot forbear a tribute of love and re- 
spect for my dear wife, who, from the hour of my enlist- 
ment until my return, so nobly performed every possible 
duty to our family,' and who, by her patriotic letters, sus- 
tained and encouraged me at the front. Of her it may be 
truly said, "She hath done what she could." She died 
after a long and painful illness, Oct. 2, 1878. 

Freeman S. Stowell. 

The letter of F. S. Stowell has so fully outlined the 
movements of the regiment, it needs no repetition to define 
the service of his comrades. I will add a brief letter 
from George S. Jones, which shows the metal of Wash- 
ington boys. 

Boston, March 31, 1885. 

Hiram I. Hoyt, Dear Sir: — I enlisted Aug. 21, 1862, 

and was assigned to Company I, 14th Nevv Hampshire 

Volunteers, mustered into the service of the United States, 

•Sept. 24, 1862. I was at that time but fifteen years of 



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age, but quite Strong and could march with any of them. 
I was with my regiment through their whole service, ex- 
cept two or three months, when I was turnlcey at the Cen- 
tral Guard House in Washington, D. C. I was in all the 
battles in which the regiment was engaged, Winchester, 
Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. I had bullets put through 
my clothing, and my haversack shot off, but never received 
a wound. I was never sick during my whole service. 
There were several enlisted at the time I did, but nearly 
all backed out, leaving me an entire stranger. I was mus- 
tered out with my company and regiment, July 8, 1865. 

Yours truly, 

George S. Jones. 
Young Jones was mustered as corporal and promoted 
to sergeant, Feb. i, 1865. 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



Sixteenth New Hampshire Vohiiiteers. Captain Judson Williins. 



SIXTEENTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS. 




HIS regiment was raised under the call of the 
President for 300,000 nine months' troops. The 
men who enlisted from Washington for that pe- 
riod were enlisted in Company I of this regiment. The regi- 
ment was under command of Col, James Pike of Sanborn- 
ton, a man long identified with the interest of the Methodist 
church of the state. The regiment was mustered into the 
service of the United States at Concord, Nov. ist, 1862. 
The 1 6th regiment joined the Banks expedition and sailed 
from New York on the 6th of December, 1862, on two 
separate vessels. The first detachment arrived at New 
Orleans on the 20th of December, and were joined by the 
remainder of the regiment, on the ist of January, 1863. 
The regiment remained at Carrolton in the defences of New 
Orleans, until the advance on Port Hudson, on the 17th 
of March, when it occupied a point within six miles of 
that work. On the i8th of April the regiment was 
ordered by Gen. Banks to embark on gunboats and co- 
operate in an attack on Fort Burton at Butte-a-la-rose, a 
Fort seventy-five miles beyond Brashear. The Sixteenth, 
acting as sharpshooters, were distributed among four gun- 
boats. After a short engagement the Fort was surrender- 
ed to the commander of the Squadron, who took posses- 



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sion of the works, arsenal and barracks, and sent the gar- 
rison, prisoners to New Orleans. The regiment had been 
under command of Lieut. Col. Fuller, since leaving New 
Orleans, Col. Pike having been left at that place, out of 
health, a short time before leaving Fort Burton. Col. Pike 
arrived and resumed command of the regiment, which he 
retained until its final muster out. It was a most pestilent 
location, surrounded by impenetrable swamps and forests, 
and in the six weeks the regiment remained, many of the 
men contracted disease, which hastened them to an un- 
timely grave, or lurked in their systems for years. On the 
30th of May the regiment joined the forces of Gen. 
Banks at Port Hudson. Before leaving they burned the 
barracks, and the guns of the Fort were shipped on trans- 
ports sent up from Brashear City. The rebel pickets 
were close upon them, and had they remained a day later, 
they would have been captured by the advancing foe. 

From Algiers, the sick of the regiment were sent to 
New Orleans, and the remnant passed up the river to 
Springfield Landing, where orders were received for Col. 
Pike to report with his command at the Headquarters of 
Gen. Banks and the Sixteenth was assigned to guard duty 
over the arsenal. This disposition of the regiment had 
been made previous to its arrival. Gen. Emory having 
telegraphed to Gen. Banks "that they were only a few 
skeletons left of the i6th New Hampshire." When 
they took possession of Butte-a-la rose they numbered six 
hundred guns. When they reached the headquarters of 
Gen. Banks they could muster but two hundred and sixteen. 
At Springfield Landing, which was then depot of supplies 
for the whole army, the Sixteenth encountered an attack 
by the enemy's cavalry, which if successful would have 
placed the whole armv on short rations. 

While before Port Hudson, the regiment was, for weeks, 
in line from three o'clock in the morning until daylight, 
in constant expectation of an attack by the enemy. On 



2l6 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

the 8th of July, Port Hudson surrendered, and on the loth, 
the Sixteenth were among the last of the investing army 
to enter the works. Here there were almost daily burials 
of the regiment's dead, until the ist of August, when they 
embarked for home by way of Cairo. Many of the men, 
unable to bear the journey home, were left in hospitals on 
the route, and were buried by stranger hands. The regi- 
ment reached Concord on the 14th of August, and was 
paid and mustered out of the service on the 20th of the 
month. The regiment lost but few men in battle, but the 
poisonous malaria of southern swamps made sad inroads 
upon their numbers, and the death rate exceeds that of any 
other New Hampshire regiment in the service. 

CAPT. JUDSON WILKINS 

was born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, March 4, 
1809, the day on which James Madison took the oath and 
entered upon his duties as the fourth president of the 
United States. His parents were Abram and Sarah Em- 
mons Wilkins. His early advantages were very meagre, 
and the education of his youth the result of observation 
rather than school privileges. He early formed a desire 
for military life, and at the early age of sixteen years, 
gratified in part his desires by playing a triangle in the 
provised military band of that date. He at once became 
a member of the Peterborough Light Infantry, at that 
time one of the most popular companies of the New 
Hampshire state militia. At the age of twenty-two he 
went to Amherst, New Hampshire, and worked in a cord 
manufactory, for Daniel Holmes, and afterward went to 
Lowell, Massachusetts, and engaged in the manufacture 
of whips. Returning to Peterborough, he worked for a 
short time for a former employer, and in 1832 formed 
partnership with a man named Scott, and built a bakery. 
After carrying on this business for about one year, he sold 
out his interest and purchased a stage line from Peter- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 21/ 

borough to Concord, New Hampshire. October, 1834, he 
married Sarah Farwell of Washington, and resided in Pe- 
terborough, being engaged in butchering for three years. 
September 2, 1840, he was commissioned ist heutenant 
in the Peterborough guards. August 8, 1841, he was 
commissioned captain, and held his commission until he 
received a major's commission, on the 7th of September, 
1845 ; the following year he was promoted to lieutenant- 
colonel. In the spring of 1847, by reason of breaking a 
leg, he applied for a discharge. In reply to his petition 
he received a colonel's commission, and was commanding 
officer of the 22d regiment. New Hampshire state militia 
for three years. In the spring of 1846, he opened the 
"Rocky Bottom" house, in West Wilton, and managed it 
for three years, after which he went to Lyndeborough and 
engaged in hotel business for one year. After the sur- 
vey of the Wilton railroad he opened the "Pine Valley 
House," in Milford, boarding and having charge of a gang 
of help until the completion of the road. 

December 12, 185 i, he moved to Washington, on the 
place where he now resides. Here he engaged in butcher- 
ing, and for a time ran a market wagon to Lowell. In 
September, 1859, at the earnest entreaty of his townsmen, 
he bought the Lovell House, and ran it as a hotel until 
August, 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Company I, 
of the i6th New Hampshire volunteers. He then moved 
his wife on to their farm, and returning to Concord, was 
commissioned as first lieutenant of his company. Novem- 
ber 4, 1862, with his regiment, he joined the Banks expe- 
dition, and went to New Orleans, where they arrived about 
January i, 1863. Lieutenant Wilkins passed the voyage 
in joyful anticipation of meeting his son Hamilton, a 
member of the 8th New Hampshire volunteers. But up- 
on his arrival he received the sad intelligence that his son 
had died on the 15th of December previous to his arrival. 
It was a cruel blow, which left him childless. Lieutenant 



2l8 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

Wilkins had command of his company and on the 20th of 
June, 1863, received his commission as captain and was 
discharged as such, Sept. 20, 1863, his term of service 
having expired. 

He returned home, broken in health and spirit, and la- 
bored as best he could to support himself and wife in their 
coming age and loneliness. The mother obtained, and for 
a time received, a pension, but through cruel misrepre- 
sentations and the intricacies of red tape, they were de- 
prived of it. 

July 19, 1880, he received another crushing blow in the 
death of his wife, with whom he had lived nearly forty-iive 
years, and who had been a true wife and mother. For a 
few years he lived alone, and to one of his active tempera- 
ment, it was a great privation. November 29, 1882, he 
married Mrs. Lizzie Button, who, with her children, has 
done much to brighten the declining years of our worthy 
townsman. 



CHAPTER XXX. 



Sharpshooters. Amos B. Jones. Samuel D. Monroe. List of Wash- 
ington men who served in tlie War of the Rebellion. Conclusion 
of the Military History. 




AMOS B. JONES 

AS graduated from Dartmouth in 1861, and was at 
once commissioned captain of the first company 
of sharpshooters called for from this state, and 
which were enlisted by Captain Jones himself, and con- 
taining probably one hundred of the best riflemen in the 
state. The test from the war department for sharpshoot- 
ers was a "string" of ten shots, in which the sum of all the 
distances from the center of each ball to the center of the 
bull's-eye should not exceed fifty inches. The strings 
made by the members of Company E came far within the 
test, varying from seven to thirty inches. Captain Jones 
was commissioned major of the 2d Regiment, United 
States Sharpshooters, Dec. 3, 1861 ; May, 1862, was com- 
missioned colonel and A. A. D. C, and reported to Maj.- 
Gen. John C. Fremont, at Strausburg, in the Shenandoah 
valley, with whom he served until Fremont resigned his 
command. Colonel Jones was then made inspector-gen- 
eral and sent to West Virginia to inspect the troops in and 
adjacent to the Kanawha valley. While upon this duty, West 
Virginia was made a separate department, and he was as- 
signed to duty therein. He was afterward made chief -com- 



220 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

missary of muster in the army of Northern Virginia, with 
headquarters at Cumberland, where he mustered out a 
good portion of the army after Lee's surrender. Colonel 
Jones served with marked ability in the various positions 
to which he was assigned, and was conspicuous among 
ofificers of his rank for his military bearing and efhciency. 

SAMUEL D. MONROE. 

Samuel D. Monroe, the subject of this sketch, was born 
in Washington, March 17, 1841, and a little more than 
twenty years later enlisted with Capt. A. B. Jones, in Com- 
pany E, 1st Regiment, of Colonel Berdan's Sharpshooters; 
He was a young man of perhaps more than average abili- 
ty, yet modest and unassuming, and when the strife of '61 
was thrust upon us, he did not hesitate to forego all the 
pleasures which surrounded him and array himself with 
the loyal hosts who were determined to protect the flag 
or fall beneath its folds. His keen eye and steady nerve 
especially fitted him for a sharpshooter, and those who 
knew his unerring aim cannot doubt the efficiency of his 
service at Lewinsville, Big Bethel, Yorktown, Hanover 
Court House, Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill, Gainesville, 2d 
Bull Run, Blackford's Ford, Fredericksburg, The Cedars, 
Chancellorsville, Gettysburgh, Wapping Hights and Au- 
burn. Neither can those who knew him fail to mourn his 
untimely death at Kelley's Ford, Nov. 7, 1863. 

From his own merits purely he had risen from the 
ranks, having been promoted to sergeant, Jan. i, 1863. 
Here, by his uniform kindness and soldierly qualities, he 
won the respect and confidence of his regimental com- 
mander, the love and admiration of his comrades in the 
ranks, and at their special request he was commissioned 
I St lieutenant, August 20, 1863. He now laid aside his trusty 
rifle and grasped his sword, resolved to honor the uniform 
he wore and the "bar" he had earned, and we may well be- 
lieve that with his erect and manly form, his flashing eye. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 221 

he was the model idea of American soldiery. Says an eye 
witness of his last engagement : "We had driven the en- 
emy across the river and were pressing them back, giving 
and receiving a murderous fire ; some of our men faltered 
and were about to retreat ; noticing this, Lieutenant Mon- 
roe sprang up straight as an arrow, while his piercing 
dark eyes seemed to flash forth the command before his 
lips uttered the words, 'Keep in your places, men, and — .' 
The command was finished in the 'grand review' of the 
unfathomed future ; his lips were sealed in death, while 
the life current flowed from his faithful heart." His com- 
rades are forced back, and he is buried within the rebel 
lines. But kind friends sought his mortal remains for the 
purpose of giving them Christian burial in the church-yard 
of his native village, and under a flag of truce they are re- 
covered and borne back to the circle of true and sorrow- 
ing friends, for the last sad rites performed by the living 
for the dead. A platoon of returned soldiers, under com- 
mand of Lieutenant Wilkins of the i6th jregiment, per- 
formed the usual martial ceremonies at the grave ; the 
usual volleys were fired, and 

The hero who fell that his country might live, 
Had given all in the power of mortal to give. 
The flag that he loved forever shall wave, 
The sweet flower of spring shall bloom on his grave. 



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It may be claimed perhaps that some of our volunteers 
were only temporary residents of the town. In reply to 
this, we refer with honest pride to residents of the town 
who enlisted and faithfully served the state and nation 
from other towns, who are worthy of honorable mention 
here. The Wrights, Col. C. D. and his brother, Lucius, 
were natives of Washington ; Morrill, the gallant young 
lieutenant in the 5th New Hampshire ; the three Bixby 
brothers, two of whom lost their lives and the third an 
arm," were practically Washington boys; the Crane 
brothers, three in number, who enlisted from Deering, in 
the Eighth, spent most of their lives previous to enlist- 
m.ent in this town. These men with others we might 
miention fully offset any temporary residents who served 
in the quota of the town, and will in no way detract from 
th€ valor of her military record, 

CONCLUSION. 

In conclusion I can only say that I have performed the 
duty assigned me to the best of my limited ability. That 
I have spent many hours in the endeavor to gather items 
of interest relating to those early settlers of W^ashington, 
who left their firesides and families to defend a cause 
which they looked upon as sacred, and which endowed 
upon them those inalienable rights — life, liberty and the 
pursuit of happiness. I have been able to gather reliable 
information in regard to perhaps a majority of them, 
which has enabled us to preserve their military record as 
regards the regiments in which they served, and under 
whose command they performed the arduous duties of a 
soldier's life, yet the record is very meagre and incom- 
plete, but is perhaps the best we can ever obtain. The 
nation which they founded in th-e wilderness of America is 
the grandest monument ever erected to the honor of 
brave men and gallant deeds, and one which shall endure 
so long as humanity exists. Later, and in what is to be 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 229 

hoped the last struggle with the Mother Country, we find 
another valiant band ready to battle for sailors' rights and 
an untrammeled commercial intercourse with the nations 
of the globe. It has been my earnest wish to preserve 
the name, and so far as possible the length of service, of 
each soldier of 1812, yet I do not expect it is either per- 
fect or complete. The fact that we also had a represent- 
ative in the Mexican war is proof conclusive of a spirit 
which has ever pervaded the hearts of our people. Of the 
gallant men who sprang to arms in defence of our in- 
heritance, the protection of the American Union and uni- 
versal freedom, I can only wish for their sake that my 
pen had been wielded by one better able to do them just- 
ice and one who might in brilliant language have inscribed 
in imperishable words their noble deeds upon the roll of 
fame. But, comrades, one and all, who bore an honorable 
part in upholding the honor of our town and state and the 
integrity of the national union intact and indivisible, this 
has been a labor of love and true soldierly greeting. If 
my labors have won your approval I care not for other 
recompense or reward. Let us remember that unswerv- 
ing loyalty to our country, and that eternal vigilance which 
is the price of liberty, are the grandest and purest tributes 
we can render to those who fell in a holy cause, and that 
the fraternal love which bound us heart to heart, as we 
stood shoulder to shoulder in the darkest hour of the na- 
tion's peril, is the holiest and richest recompense we shall 
ever receive for our labors and our scars. Comrades of 
Washington, may you live long to enjoy the peace you so 
gallantly won. 



CHAPTER XXXI. 



SCHOOLS. 

Record of Early Votes passed relating to Schools. Division into 
Districts. Boundaries of Districts. Buildino; of School Houses. 




jiT the first annual town meeting, held after the in- 
corporation of the town under a charter, a vote 
was passed to raise the sum of ten pounds for 
schooling and defraying other necessary town charges. 
At a meeting held the 21st of September, 1778, we find 
the first allusion to the erection of a school house. It 
was voted : 

"To build a school house for the town, on the place ac- 
cepted by the town for to build a meeting house on ; 
which place is on Mr. Joseph Rounsevel's farm, about 
eighty rods north of said Rounsevel's dwelling house." 

As we learn from a subsequent record, this vote did not 
prove effective, as the town voted May 26, 1779, "to re- 
consider and nullify the vote of the 21st of September, 
the last, in regard to building a school house on or near 
the place which was accepted to build the meeting house, 
on the land of Joseph Rounsevel, Esq." In 17S0 a vote 
was passed, "to raise twelve pounds for schooling the 
current year ; and the school to be kept in four districts." 

We may presume that these four districts, if the schools 
were actually taught as proposed, were the Center, the 
South, the Mountain, and the East districts. The six dis- 
tricts into which the town was subsequently divided, were 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 23 I 

these four, and the district on the Marlow road, now 
known as No. 4, and the district on the turnpike, now 
known as No. 6. In 1781 a vote was passed, not to raise 
any money for schools. In 1782 a similar vote was 
passed. But in March, 1784, they began to realize the 
need of schools, and voted to raise the sum of eighteen 
pounds for that purpose. 

In 1786 a vote was passed to divide the town into six 
districts ; and that Thomas Penniman, Esq., John Healy, 
William Steel, Capt. Eliphalet Dinsmore, Major Ephraim 
Davis, Abner Sampson, and Capt. Jonathan Brockway, 
be a committee for that purpose. 

In 1786 the sum voted to be raised for schools was 
twenty-four pounds. Asa Brockway, Martin Brockway, 
Simeon Hildreth, and Samuel Crane were to have the 
privilege of expending their own school money among 
themselves. In 1787 no school money was raised. The 
next year the sum of thirty pounds was raised to meet 
the expenses of schools ; but the vote authorizing it was 
reconsidered the 9th of June, and a vote was passed to 
build six school houses. It was also voted, " to build two 
school houses that year — one in the middle district, and 
one in the south district ; that the dimensions of the one 
in the middle district should be eighteen by twenty-two 
feet ; the other, sixteen by twenty-two feet." Lieut. John 
Safford, Capt. Jonathan Brockway, and Samuel Guild were 
to constitute a committee to draw plans and proposals for 
building the above school houses, and to lay their propo- 
sals before the town. 

At the adjourned meeting it was voted to postpone 
building the school houses for one year, and that the 
building of them should be set up at auction at another 
adjourned meeting. The time of the adjournment arrived 
Oct. 6, of the same year ; and as is often done by deliber- 
ative bodies, it was voted to nullify all proceedings con- 
cerning the building of school houses, and that each 



232 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

school district should have the liberty to build its own 
school house, and that the committee, appointed for that 
purpose, proceed to divide the town into districts, as 
directed. 

The following year a vote was passed to raise twenty- 
five pounds for schools, and that each district should draw 
its proportion of the money, when it had a convenient 
house erected for a school, and not before. 

At an adjourned meeting held in April, the above vote 
was reconsidered. A town meeting was held the 5th day 
of April, 1790, at which a vote was passed to raise thirty 
pounds, or its equivalent in rye, at four shillings per 
bushel, for the maintenance of schools the current year. 
At this meeting a vote was passed that each school district 
should receive out of the treasury of the town the whole of 
the money paid by the inhabitants of that district, to be ap- 
propriated for the use of schools in that district. A vote 
was passed, giving William Graves and others, whose local 
situation rendered it inconvenient for them to send their 
children to school in any of the several districts in town, 
the privilege of expending their school money in private 
instruction in their own houses. 

At the annual meeting in March, 1790, a motion pre- 
vailed to raise forty-five pounds for the building of school- 
houses in the several districts of the town, each district to 
pay and receive its own proportion of that sum for the 
purpose aforesaid. That thirty pounds be raised for 
schools, each district to have the benefit of the money 
they paid. 

In 1792 a vote was passed that the town should raise 
six pounds, seven shillings and six pence in addition to the 
sum required by law. The usual vote in regard to Wil- 
liam Graves and others was passed this year. It was 
voted that the committee for settling school districts be 
directed to look into the situation of the two north dis- 
tricts and see whether it would be better to unite them, 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 233 

and also to select an appropriate site for a school house. 
This committee, at an adjourned meeting held March 28, 
reported : "That the two north districts be at present dis- 
solved and become one district, and that the school house 
in said district be placed about thirty rods south of Dea. 
John Farnsworth's, near the road on the line between said 
Farnsworth and William Steel, on the easterly side of said 
road. This is submitted by the town's very obedient and 
humble servants, Thomas Penniman, Thomas Farwell, 
Abner Sampson, Jonathan Brockway, committee." 

A vote was passed this year "that each school district 
build their own school houses according to their propor- 
tion of the school house tax ; that the north, middle and 
south districts have their school houses built by the last 
day of November next ;" and the .usual vote, "that each 
district have the benefit of the money it paid into the 
town treasury for the support of schools." 

This approximates very near to the district system 
which made the districts independent of the town. The 
next year thirty pounds was raised for schools. In 1795 
the sum raised for the support of schools was thirty-five 
pounds. The usual vote was passed in regard to the di- 
vision of school money, and another, that any person might 
send his children for instruction to any district in town 
where a school was taught. At a town meeting held in 
March, 1797, a vote was passed "that sixty-five pounds 
should be raised to build school houses in town." A com- 
mittee was chosen to build a school house in the middle 
district. This year sixty pounds was raised for schools. 
In 1 80 1 a motion prevailed to raise two hundred dollars 
for the support of schools. The town voted in 1802 that 
the middle and west districts should be united for the pur- 
pose of maintaining a school. At a subsequent meeting 
permission was given to the middle and west districts to 
sell their school houses and build another to accommodate 
both districts. March 14, 1804, a committee was chosen 



234 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

to see whether the school house in said district ought to 
be removed and to report to the town. No report of that 
committee appears on record, and we are left to infer that 
no action was taken by the town. 

At the annual meeting in 1805 it was voted to raise one 
hundred dollars in the south-east district to build a school 
house ; and at a meeting held the 6th of September, the 
same year, the vote was reconsidered. At this meeting 
the town accepted a report made by a committee consist- 
ing of Ephraim Farwell, Ephraim Davis, and William Da- 
vis, in regard to the south-west district. The report was 
that a new district be organized, which, from its bounds, 
we infer was the district now known as No. 7. In 18 10 
collectors of the school tax were appointed in each dis- 
trict. The report of a committee appointed to consider 
the affairs of district No. 2, was, that in their opinion, the 
school house ought to stand on or near the center as the 
ground would permit between Rufus Breed's and Benja- 
min Newman's. At a meeting held March 9, 1813, it was 
voted to allow the school house of the middle district to 
stand on the north line of the common ; and Joseph Healy, 
Moses Dinsmore, and Jacob Wright were chosen a commit- 
tee to stake out the ground for that purpose. In 18 14, 
the town voted that Charles Jones, David Tabor, and Ben- 
jamin Smith be allowed to draw their school money and 
have a school in one of their houses. 

The iith of March, 1817, Charles Jones, David Tabor, 
Benjamin Smith, and John B. Emerson were set off as 
district No. 8. The same year a tax of two hundred dol- 
lars was assessed in district No. 5, to build a school 
house, which was accordingly built, and remained until 
1849, when it was replaced by the one now standing. On 
the 9th of March, 18 19, a vote was passed that the sum of 
five hundred dollars, which the committee appointed for 
that purpose found due from the town, for school lands 
previously sold by the town, the proceeds of which had 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 235 

been applied to other purposes, should be now funded for 
the use of schools in said town, and the interest arising 
from that fund be applied annually, forever, to the use of 
schools in town. At an adjourned meeting it was voted 
that two hundred dollars, due from David and Jonathan 
Danforth, for school lands bought by them of the town, 
remain on interest for four years, they furnishing satisfac- 
tory security for its payment, and that the other three 
hundred should be paid out of the town treasury, and loaned 
on mortgage security of at least double the value of the 
money loaned, for the term of four years. In 1823, at a 
school meeting of the East Washington district, it was 
voted to vendue the board of the master, — struck off to 
Jonathan Brockway, Jr., at seventy-four cents per week. 
The same year. the committee for visiting schools made 
a report of the condition of the schools, charging the 
sum of seventy-five cents for each visit. A resolution 
was passed declaring it to be the duty of the committee 
of each district to inform the inspectors, as they were 
styled, of the beginning and close of each term of school, 
in their limits. 

In the year 1825, the inspectors report that they have 
visited all the schools ; that the number of scholars in- 
structed had been three hundred and seventy-one, and 
that the improvement had been manifest, except in district 
No. I. The school inspectors in 1828, report: "That in 
some of our schools it had been the practice for children 
to study grammar, arithmetic, geography, rhetoric, and 
even philosophy, before they had any adequate knowledge 
of reading, writing, or the power and sounds of letters. 
This the inspectors have uniformly discountenanced, and 
now have the satisfaction to state that there appears to be 
a due attention to reading and writing in all our schools. 
We believe the education of the rising generation to be an 
object of the first importance, not only as respects their 
individual usefulness, but as it respects the improvement 



236 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

and stability of our moral, political and religious institu- 
tions." 

In 1828 the town chose the prudential committees, but 
in 1829, voted to allow each district to choose its own 
prudential committee. During this year the committee, 
previously styled inspectors, was called the superintending 
school committee, and they report the number of scholars 
in each district. In district No. i, which had the largest 
number, the scholars numbered seventy-three ; in winter 
an assistant teacher was employed. In 1830, the super- 
intending committee directed that the following should be 
used as class books in the several schools in town, viz : — 
Lee's Spelling Book, Easy Lessons, by Leavitt, Murray's 
English Reader, History of the United States, Putnam's 
Grammar or Murray's Grammar, Adams' Scholars' Arith- 
metic, Woodbridge's Geography or Worcester's Geogra- 
phy, the Bible and the New Testament. 

At the annual meeting in March, 1832, a vote was 
passed "that one-fifth part of the literary fund which has 
accrued, with what shall annually accrue, shall be expend- 
ed annually for the use of schools, and that the selectmen 
attend to the school fund and see that it is secured by 
land security to double the amount." 

In 1840, a committee consisting of Martin Chase, Asaph 
Wilson, David Farnsworth, 2d, John May and Ward Samp- 
son, reported : "That the proper place for a school house 
in district No. 3, is about sixty-one rods north-westwardly 
from the old school house in said district, on the west 
side of the road leading from the village in said Washing- 
ton to Stoddard, where they have set a stake and stones 
as the north-east corner of said school house." In 1846, 
a request, signed by ten of the inhabitants of the town, was 
presented to the selectmen, asking for a division'of the 
town into school districts, the signers of the request mak- 
ing a statement that the town had neglected to divide 
itself into school districts according to the law made and 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 237 

provided in such cases, and according to a vote passed in 
1827. The selectmen proceeded to act, and divided the 
territory of the town into nine districts, as follows : 

No. I was bounded by a line beginning on the second 
New Hampshire turnpike, at the easterly corner of land 
owned by James Mapes and northerly corner owned by 
Charles French ; thence southerly on the easterly line of 
said Mapes' land to the south-westerly corner of said 
Mapes' land ; thence northerly on the westerly line of said 
Mapes' land to the home farm of Daniel Millen ; thence 
westerly on the south side of said Daniel Milieu's farm to 
the home farm of Heman Millen ; thence westerly, north- 
erly and easterly on the westerly line of Heman Milieu's 
farm to the farm of Hazen Ayer ; thence northerly and 
easterly on the westerly and cortherly lines of said Ayer's 
farm to the farm of Alden Rounsevel ; thence northerly 
and northwesterly on the southerly line of said Rounsevel 
to the road leading from the middle of the town of Stod- 
dard by Harvey Healy's ; thence southerly on said road to 
the southerly corner of land owned by B. C. Weld; thence 
north-westerly on the westerly line of said Weld's land to 
the Brockway pond; thence on the easterly shore of said 
pond to the corner of Ammi W. Milieu's home farm 
near his brickyard, and the westerly corner of land owned 
by James Tubbs ; thence easterly on the northerly line of 
said Tubbs' land to the farm of William P. Greenleaf ; 
thence northerly on the westerly line of said Greenleaf's 
farm to the home farm of Jonathan Kendall ; thence 
westerly and northerly on the southerly and westerly line 
of said Kendall's farm and land owned by Col. Henry 
Train to the Jabez Fisher farm ; thence northerly and 
easterly on the westerly and northerly lines of said P'ish- 
er's farm to the aforesaid second New Hampshire turn- 
pike; thence easterly on the northerly line of land owned 
by Ebenezer Wood, Jonas White and Levi Farwell, to 
land called Ames' pasture ; thence northerly and easterly 



238 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

on the westerly and northerly lines of said Ames' pasture 
to the home farm of Samuel Cilley ; thence on the south- 
erly line of said Cilley's farm and the home farm of Wil- 
liam Dow to the south-westerly corner of said William 
Dow's farm ; thence westerly on the southerly line of said 
Dow's farm, and land owned by Abraham Dow, to the 
westerly line of land owned by Joseph Crane ; thence 
southerly on the westerly line of said Crane's land, and 
land owned by William Severance and Joel Severance, to 
Island pond ; thence south-easterly in a straight line 
across said pond to the north-westerly corner of land 
owned by J. M. Tabor; thence southerly on the westerly 
line of said Tabor's land and land owned by Monroe and 
Smith, and Benjamin Priest, to the bound first mentioned. 

District No. 2 was descrijped as bounded by a line be- 
ginning at the south-west corner of William Dow's home 
farm ; thence northerly on the westerly lines of the home 
farms of said William Dow, Samuel Cilley, Abraham Dow, 
Widow Lucy Proctor, Hiram Taylor, farm and land owned 
by Francis Grimes, and land owned by Philip F. Pattee, 
to the line between Goshen and Washington ; thence 
easterly and southerly on the lines of Goshen, Newbury 
and Bradford, to the north-west corner of James Ayer's 
old farm ; thence southerly on the westerly lines of said 
Ayer's farm, and the home farms of Jerry Fletcher, Caleb 
Woodward, Isaac Gage, Joseph Severance, Isaac Proctor, 
and the old Joseph Crane farm, and the home farm of Joel 
Severance, to the road leading from the mountain road to 
the east part of the town ; thence westerly on said road to 
the north-east corner of Joseph Crane's pasture ; thence 
southerly on the westerly line of said Crane's pasture to 
the north-easterly corner of district No. i, being the south- 
easterly corner of Abraham Dow's pasture land ; thence 
westerly on the line of district No. i, to the first bound. 

District No. 3 was bounded as follows : beginning on 
the westerly side of Long pond, at the line between Wash- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 239 

ington and Stoddard ; thence westerly on said Stoddard 
line, to the westerly line of Eliphalet Fox's pasture ; 
thence northerly on the westerly line of said Fox's pasture 
and the home farms of Alonzo Barrett, Widow Theodosia 
Barney and Charles Wright, to Ashuelot pond ; thence 
westerly and northerly on said farm to the home farm of 
John Stovvell ; thence northerly on the westerly line of 
said Stowell's farm to the home farm of William Farns- 
worth ; thence easterly on the northerly lines of the 
home farms of said Stowell, Harvey Barney, David Farns- 
worth, 2d, to Brockway pond ; thence easterly on the 
northerly side of said pond to the westerly line of district 
No. I, near A. W. Millen's brickyard ; thence southerly 
on the line of said district No. i, to Long pond brook ; 
thence south-westerly on said brook and the westerly side 
of Long pond aforesaid, to the first bound. 

District No. 4 is bounded as follows : beginning on the 
line between Lempster and Washington, at the northerly 
line of Charles Lowell's home farm, thence easterly and 
southerly on the northerly and easterly lines of the home 
farms of said Lowell and Nathan Wright, to the north line 
of district No. i ; thence westerly and southerly on said 
district No. i, to the easterly corner of district No. 3, near 
A. W. Millen's brickyard ; thence westerly on the north- 
erly line of district No. 3, to the south-westerly corner of 
William Farnsworth's home farm ; thence northerly on 
the westerly line of said William Farnsworth's farm to the 
home farm of Simeon Farnsworth ; thence westerly, 
northerly and easterly, on the southerly, westerly and 
northerly lines of said Simeon Farnsworth's farm to the 
Ashuelot river ; thence northerly on said river to Chauncy 
Farnsworth's meadow ; thence westerly and northerly on 
said Farnsworth's meadow to Lempster line ; thence east- 
erly and northerly on said Lempster line to the first 
bound. 

District No. 5 is bounded as follows : by a line begin- 



240 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

ning on the line between Bradford and Washington, at the 
north-easterly corner of district No. 2 and the north-west 
corner of James Ayer's old farm ; thence southerly on the 
east line of district No. 2, to the north-easterly line of dis- 
trict No. I, on the south-westerly line of Joseph Crane's 
pasture ; thence southerly on district No. i to the land of 
J. M. Tabor, being on the south shore of Island pond ; 
thence easterly and northerly on said pond to the north- 
westerly corner of the home farm of Rufus Severance ; 
thence easterly on the northerly line of said Severance's 
farm and the home farms of Benjamin Smith, Jr., Joseph 
M, Tabor, and land of David Greene to Hillsborough line; 
thence northerly on said Hillsborough line to the north- 
west corner of said Hillsborough ; thence easterly on said 
Hillsborough line to the south-east corner of Washington, 
and corner of Bradford ; thence north-westerly on the line 
between Bradford and Washington, to the first bound. 

District No. 6 is bounded by a line beginning at the 
turnpike at the south-easterly line of district No. i, being 
at the north-westerly corner of land owned by Charles 
French; thence southerly on district No. i, to the north- 
easterly corner of district No. 3 ; thence south-westerly on 
district No. 3 to Stoddard line ; thence easterly on Stod- 
dard line to Windsor line ; thence northerly on said Wind- 
sor line to the northerly corner of Woodbury Dresser's 
home farm ; thence westerly on the north line of said 
Dresser's farm to the south side of Smith's Pond ; thence 
westerly and northerly on said pond to the north-east cor- 
ner of the home farm of Joseph Lewis ; thence southerly 
and westerly on the east and south lines of said Lewis' 
farm to the road leading from the turnpike to the east 
part of the town by Charles Jones'; thence southerly on 
said road to the south-east corner of land of Daniel L. 
Lewis ; thence westerly and northerly on the south and 
west lines of said Lewis' land to the south line of George 
Smith's home farm ; thence westerly on the south line of 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 24 1 

said Smith's farm, and land of David Parmenter, James 
Howe and Henry Crane, to the east line of Solomon Mc- 
Neil's land; thence northerly on said line to the south- 
easterly corner of Monroe and Smith ; thence westerly on 
the south line of Monroe and Smith's land to the east 
line of land of Benjamin Priest ; thence northerly and 
westerly on the northerly line of Priest's land to the 
north-westerly corner of said Priest's land; thence south- 
erly on the westerly line of said land, to the first bound. 

District No. 7 is bounded by a line beginning on the 
line between Washington and Stoddard at the south-east- 
erly corner of district No. 3, being the westerly line of 
Eliphalet Fox's pasture ; thence northerly on the westerly 
line of said district No. 3, to the south-westerly corner of 
district No. 4 ; thence northerly on the westerly line of 
said district No. 4, to the line between Washington and 
Lempster ; thence westerly on said line to the line of 
Marlow ; thence southerly on the line of Marlow to the 
line of Stoddard ; thence easterly on the line of Stoddard, 
to the first bound. 

District No. 8 is thus bounded : beginning on the line 
between Washington and Hillsborough, at the north-east 
corner of land of David Greene and the south-easterly cor- 
ner of district No. 5 ; thence southerly on said Hillsbor- 
ough line to the northerly corner of Windsor ; thence 
south-westerly on said Windsor line to the north-east cor- 
ner of the home farm of Woodbury Dresser, and the north- 
easterly corner of district No. 6 ; thence westerly on the 
northerly line of said district No. 6, to the easterly line of 
district No. i ; thence northerly on said district No. i, to 
the south-easterly corner of district No. 5 ; thence north- 
erly and easterly on the southern line of district No. 5, to 
the first bound. 

District No. 9 is bounded as follows, beginning at the 
line between Lempster and Washington, at the northerly 
line of Charles Lowell's home farm and the northerly cor- 



242 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

ner of district No. 4 ; thence southerly on said district No. 
4, to the line of district No. i, being the north westerly- 
corner of Ebenezer Wood's land ; thence easterly on the 
line of district No. i, to the west line of district No. 2 ; 
thence northerly on the westerly line of district No. 2, to 
the line between Washington and Goshen ; thence west- 
erly on said Goshen line to the easterly corner of Lemp- 
ster ; thence southerly on said Lempster line to the first 
bound. 

A town meeting was called April 30, 1849, ^o organize 
a new district. A vote was passed that it should be or- 
ganized, and was bounded as follows : beginning at the 
north-east corner of Solomon Crane's homestead farm ; 
thence westerly on the north line of said Crane, Nutting, 
and Hale, and the north line of Joseph Crane's land to 
lands of Henry Smith ; thence southerly on the west line 
of Reuben Monroe's, Samuel Burbank's, and Olive C. 
Crane's land, to the north line of district No. 6 ; thence 
easterly on the north line of said district to the west line 
of William Conn's pasture ; thence northerly on west line 
of said pasture to land of Joseph Kingsbury ; thence 
northerly on said Kingsbury's west line to lands of Benja- 
min Smith, Jr.; thence easterly on said Smith's south line 
to land of Joseph M. Tabor ; thence northerly on said Ta- 
bor's west line to land of Isaiah K. Crane ; thence easterly 
on the south line of Isaiah K. Crane, Solomon Crane, and 
Jonathan Severance, to Hillsborough line ; thence north-- 
erly on said line to the corner of Israel Proctor's meadow 
land ; thence northerly on said Proctor's line, to the bound 
first mentioned. This district was organized as district 
No. 10, but some time after took the name of No. 8, and 
the district formerly known as No. 8 took the name of No. 
10 ; though by what authority or in what year we find no 
record. At the annual meeting held March 8, 1853, dis- 
trict No. 1 1 was set off from the south part of district No. 
I and the east part of district No. 3, but at the annual 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 243 

meeting, held March 9, 1858, district No. 11 was dissolved 
and divided between districts No. i and No. 3. 

In the year 1882, June 17, the district now known as 
No. 10 having become depopulated, a meeting was held 
at the school house in said district by the inhabitants of 
No. 6, No. 8, the superintending school committee and 
the board of selectmen. At this meeting No. 10 was dis- 
solved and divided between No. 6 and No. 8 in the fol- 
lowing manner : The land of Dole & Sons, Eliza J, 
Fletcher, A. D. White, Col. Lewis place, and Charles W. 
Conn, was placed in No. 6 ; and the land of J. D. Crane's 
heirs, G. A. Hoyt, Roxanna M. Smith, Clark S. Spaulding, 
Elizabeth Bickford and Kingsbury Heirs was placed in No. 
8. It cannot be determined on what the allegation that 
the town had not been legally divided into school districts 
rested, as the selectmen had, in 1828, divided all the terri- 
tory of the town into eight school districts. The only 
marked difference between the two divisions is that the 
last one makes two districts of No. i, the new one being 
designated as No. 9. The division of 1828 was not by any 
means the first of the kind, but the town had been at first 
divided into four districts in 1780, and again into six in 
1788 or 1789. The schools must have been taught in pri- 
vate houses before the erection of buildings owned by the 
districts. In 1785 a school was taught at the house of 
Rev. Mr. Leslie. In 1791, Lieutenant Woods let to the 
town a part of his house for the purpose of accommodat- 
ing a school. The next year the town treasurer paid to 
that district its proportion of the money raised by the 
town for building a school house. We may infer that this 
year most or all of the districts proceeded to the erection 
of buildings to accommodate the schools. The old brick 
school house in district No. i was erected in 1813, by 
Ephraim Farewell, who received for it three hundred and 
ninety dollars and the old building. The vote of the dis- 
trict was to build a house thirty-two feet by twenty-six, 



244 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

and ten feet between the floors. The brick house now- 
belonging to No. 4 was erected in 1827, on the same spot 
where had stood the old building erected in the early his- 
tory of the district. 

In 1809 district No. i voted to adopt the following 
by-laws and resolution, reported by a committee composed 
of David Heald, Ward Sampson, J. S. Batchelder and 
Nathaniel Thayer. 

BY-LAWS. 

1. The school shall begin at nine o'clock in the morn- 
ing and close at twfelve, as near as the situation of the 
school will permit. In the afternoon it shall begin at one 
o'clock in the winter season, and at two in the summer 
season, and continue at least three hours, except on special 
•occasions. 

2. The school shall in no case be kept on Saturday in 
the afternoon. 

3. The instructor shall assign a particular place to 
each scholar, except those who are so small as to render 
this arrangement inconvenient. 

4. The instructor shall not suffer any violation of the 
regulations of the school to pass without suitable repri- 
mand or correction. 

5. The instructor, at the commencement of a school, 
shall be furnished with a copy of the by-laws, by the com- 
mittee who employ him, at the expense of the district. 

6. It shall be the duty of the instructor to read the 
by-laws in school three times the first week, and after- 
wards once a week during the continuance of the school. 

7. It shall be the duty of the instructor, on suitable oc- 
casions, to inculcate in the scholars the principles of mor- 
ality and the necessity of a decent and proper behaviour. 

8. It shall be the duty of the instructor to examine the 
students of grammar and arithmetic on the jDrinciples of 
the science which they are studying at least once a week. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 245 

9. The scholars shall at all times treat their instructor 
with respect. 

10. The scholars shall behave with decency and pro- 
priety, and shall use no profane or obscene language while 
going to or returning from school, or at or about the 
school house. 

11. When the instructor approaches the school house 
each scholar shall retire into it, take his seat, rise from it 
when the instructor enters the school room, and shall not 
afterwards depart from his place without leave. 

12. There shall be no whispering or other unnecessary 
disturbance in the school ; but if any scholar have occasion 
to speak in school, he shall respectfully address the in- 
structor, and obtain leave before he speaks to any other 
person. 

13. If any scholar over the age of ten years shall re- 
fuse to obey the instructor, that scholar shall be immedi- 
ately expelled from the school, and shall not be restored 
without the consent of the committee of inspectors. 

14. Each scholar shall be furnished with "a suitable 
book before he shall be instructed in reading. 

15. Each scholar shall be furnished with a suitable 
writing book, ink-stand and ink, pen or quill, ruler and 
plummett, before he is instructed in writing. 

*i6. There shall be no scribbling in the books ; but all 
which is written shall be in imitation of the copy, except 
the last line of each page, in which the scholar may write 
his name and date, if the instructor shall think it advis- 
able. 

17. Each scholar studying arithmetic shall write his 
own rules and commit the substance of them to memory 
before he practices upon them. 

18. Scholars studying grammar or arithmetic shall 
read and spell as often as the first class. 

19. If any scholar shall break any glass or materially 
injure the school house, unless the same shall be repaired 



246 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

within three days, he shall, from the expiration of that 
time, be deprived of the privileges of the school until the 
same shall be repaired. 

20. Each scholar shall leave the school house as soon 
as convenient after the school is dismissed in the after- 
noon, and shall go directly home, unless otherwise ordered. 

21. It shall be the duty of the scholars to keep their 
books, clothes and persons neat and decent. 

Resolved, that there be annually chosen a committee of 
five, whose duty it shall be to inspect the school, once the 
first, and once the last week of its keeping, one of whom, 
beginning with the first on the committee, and so on in 
rotation, shall inspect the school once a week during the 
interval between the said first and last weeks. And it 
shall be the duty of the committee, 

I St, To see that the by-laws are duly executed. 

2nd, To advise the instructor in regard to the manage- 
ment of the school and make such observations as they 
may think necessary to him and the scholars. 

3rd, To adjudge the premiums if any shall be offered, to 
such as make the greatest improvement or excel most in 
arts and sciences taught in the school. 

4th, To dismiss the instructor from the school, if they 
judge him unfit for the trust. Such a body of rules will, 
by good judges, be deemed highly conducive to the pros- 
perity if they are only vigorously enforced. 

For many years after the establishment of Tubbs Union 
Academy, this district has, for educational purposes, been 
in a material sense united with it ; but no legal union was 
effected till the year 1881, when, at a legal meeting of the 
district, held June 25th, the following preamble and by-laws 
were unanimously adopted : 

The trustees of Tubbs Union Academy and the legal 
voters of school district No. i of Washington, New Hamp- 
shire, believing that it will be a benefit to unite said 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 247 

schools as permitted, Section 15, Chapter 90 of the General 
Law, agree. 

I St, That the funds of said Academy, and the school 
money to which said district is entitled, shall be made a 
common fund for school purposes. 

2nd, There shall be chosen annually an executive com- 
mittee of three, by said trustees, and a prudential com- 
mittee of three, by said district, who shall constitute a joint 
board of committee for expending said common funds. 

3rd, The academy rooms or the district school house 
may be used for the purpose of said school, either or both, 
as said joint committee may deem most suitable and con- 
venient. 

4th, The superintending school committee, with the 
aforesaid joint committee, may classify said school, either 
by age or acquirements, as they may deem best. 

5th, The trustees of said academy shall advertise the 
term or terms of such higher grade as term of Tubbs 
Union Academy, and all scholars in the town of Washington 
may be admitted free of tuition, at the discretion of joint 
board of committees. 

6th, One year's notice shall be given either party to this 
agreement, if they wish to withdraw, and two-thirds vote 
of those present and voting shall be required of the party 
giving said notice. The committee to make proposals was 
composed of S. W. Hurd, N. A. Lull, and L. A. Mellen. 

This arrangement, we think, has been advantageous to all 
parties concerned. At the annual meeting of district No. 
I, held in March, 1883, the subject of a new school house 
was strongly agitated, and after various discussions and 
adjournments it was finally voted to accept the plan of a 
school house drawn by a committee consisting of F. P. 
Newman, J. L. Safford, and H. C. Young. The contract 
for building was awarded to Hoyt & Gillingham, and the 
neat and commodious two-story building, now standing on 
the site of the old brick school house, was completed in 



248 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

December, of the same year, and furnished with modern 
furniture and appliances. The building was first occupied 
in the winter of 1884, and the same winter, a fine toned 
bell was presented to the district and placed in the cupola 
by the Student's Literary, and Dramatic Societies. In 
18 1 7 the bequest of Thomas Penniman, Esq., of five hundred 
dollars each to district No. i and district No. 4, rendered 
it necessary to secure acts of incorporation for both these 
districts, in order that they might come into actual pos- 
session of the money left them. 

The list of teachers would make a long catalogue and 
contain the names of many able men and women, of some of 
whom any town or city might be proud. Among those 
from 1790 to 1800 we find the names of Alden Rounsevel, 
William Chamberlain, Royal Rounsevel, Jonathan Snow, 
Obadiah Parker, Sally Hayden, Phineas Davis, Elizabeth 
Green, Thomas D. Brooks, Kendall Bruce, James Faxon, 
Sally Gould, Joseph Healy, Adam Ross, James Aiken, 
Sally Tabor, Phebe Burbank. After the beginning of the 
present century we find the names of Asa Dodge, Desire 
Tubbs, Jacob Burbank, Joshua Jaquith, Ward Sampson, 
John Belcher, Maria Howe, Sylvanus Thayer, Nathaniel 
Healy, Polly 1 aniels, David Harris, Eunice Burbank, 
William Farwell, John P. Healy. 

Still later the names of the teachers of district schools 
are worthy of remembrance. Among them we find in- 
cluded such men as David McOuesten, Alfred Gordon, 
Hiram Jones, Solomon E. Jones, Simon W. Jones, Lang- 
don Healy, Sullivan W. Healy, Arthur Train, Isaac Train, 
Austin Newton, David Cooper, Jesse Bailey, George M. 
Safford, James Barney, and DeWitt C. Newman; and the 
names of such women as Harriet Train, Clarissa Stowe, 
Phebe Heald, Lucy O. Heald, Almeda A. Hardy, Sarah 
Shedd, and Charlotte Millen. 

In the "Middle District" some men whose names have 
been heard of elsewhere gave their time and talents to 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 249 

the honorable pursuit of instructing youth. Here taught 
Sylvanus Thayer, the organizer of West Point Mihtary 
Academy, Professor there, and Surveyor of the Port of Bos- 
ton, for many years the founder, by his beneficence, of many 
noted institutions of learning; John P. Healy, appointed 
United States Judge under President Fillmore ; George W. 
Fogg, United States minister to Switzerland, and member 
of the United States Senate. Here also taught Dr. A. A. 
Miner, President of Tufts College. 

Although in many cases the terms of school have been 
shorter than was desirable, yet under such efficient in- 
structors the scholars made more than the average im- 
provement, of which we have abundant evidence to-day. 
The final record of the old district system is cornpleted 
with the opening of the school year 1886, and a new era 
begins under the new law, the merits of which I shall not 
here discuss, but only say in the language of an ancient 
people " Spcro meliora." 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



Tubbs Union Academy, Reunion of. Prof. Dyer H. Sanborn. Shedd 
Free Library, Dedication of. Miss Sarah Shedd. Mv. Luman T. 
Jefts. 




N 1849, several of the leading citizens of Washing- 
ton, desiring better advantage for the instruction 
of the rising generation than was afforded by the 
common schools at that time, conferred with Dyer H. San- 
born, who was by profession a teacher, having devoted 
many years to that pursuit. Prof. Sanborn signified his 
willingness to engage in instruction in an institution of the 
rank of Academy or high school. Accordingly such an 
institution was at once organized and put in operation, a 
board of trustees was chosen and an act of incorporation 
obtained. A meeting of the trustees was held on the 17th 
of July, 1849, to see whether they would accept of this act 
making them a corporate body. 

The committee authorized to call this meeting consisted 
of David McQuesten, Thomas Laws, Daniel Greenleaf, 
Joseph Healy and Dyer H. Sanborn ; the above named, 
with Martin Chase, Joseph H. Newman, Ebenezer Laws, 
Samuel P. Bailey, Ziba S. Story, Jesse Bailey, Austin New- 
ton, Langdon Healy, John Weston, Nathan R. Wright, 
Sullivan W, Healy, Ira Bailey, John F. Griswold, Joseph 
A, Howard, Seth Adams, Oilman Bailey, William B. 
French, Henry Train, David Farnsworth French, George 
Way, Joshua L. Jaquith, their associates, successors and 






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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 25 I 

assigns, were incorporated and made a body politic, bear- 
ing the name of the Washington Academy, June 27, 1849. 
The act of incorporation was accepted July 28, and a 
vote passed to change the name of the corporation to that 
of Tubbs Union Academy at Washington, New Hamp- 
shire. In August a committee composed of David Mc- 
Questen, Martin Chase and J. F. Griswold, was appointed 
to draft a constitution and by-laws. They discharged their 
duty and prepared a report which was adopted. Russell ^^ 
Tubbs gave this institution the sum of one thousand dol- 
lars for the purpose of sustaining a school, on the condi- 
tion that if the Academy fail for a period of three years 
to keep a school in operation, the money shall become the 
property of the town. The following is a complete list of 
the first board of trustees chosen, after becoming a corpo- 
rate body. 

David McQuesten, Thomas Laws, John F. Griswold, 
Nathan R. Wright, Henry Train, Samuel Burbank, Asaph 
Wilson, Austin Newton, Langdon Healy, Ward D. Saf- 
ford, Nathan Adams, Solomon E. Jones, Jesse F. Bailey 
rand Russell Tubbs of Deering, John P. Healy and Jabez 
Fisher, both of Boston, Robert F. Lawrence of Claremont, 
and Harvey Huntoon, of Unity, Abner Chase, of Lemp- 
ster, Josiah Henry, of Stoddard, Elisha Hatch, of Hills- 
borough, and E. S. Wright, of Acworth. Thomas Laws 
was chosen president, and John F. Griswold, vice-presi- 
dent, Langdon Healy, secretary. The 8th of April, 185 1, 
Russell Tubbs made the academy in its corporate capac- 
ity another gift of five hundred dollars subject to the same 
condition as the previous donation. At a meeting of the 
trustees held the 20th of October, 185 1, a resolution was 
passed highly complimentary to the management of the 
school by the principal, Dyer H. Sanborn, The sum of 
three hundred and fifty-one dollars was contributed by 
different persons towards repairing rooms of the Acade- 
my. After about three years Prof. Sanborn, who had been 







252 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

the successful and popular principal from the opening of 
the school, resigned his position and removed to Hopkin- 
ton, New Hampshire. Under his management the num- 
ber of students had steadily increased until it reached the 
number of two hundred. After the resignation of Prof. 
Sanborn the school, although under able instructors, never 
recovered its former popularity. 

After him came Charles E. Burnham, a graduate of 
Dartmouth. He came with the intention of remaining 
but a short time, and did not complete the period of one 
year. He was the author of an arithmetic, and was a fine 
scholar, especially in mathematics. D. G. Wild, a young 
man of ability, had charge of the school succeeding him. 
A. D. Farnsworth, a graduate of Dartmouth, was for a year 
or two at the head of the school. Succeeding him, Rev. 
Sullivan Adams, son of Seth Adams, was for some time 
the principal. Charles Eaton a resident of the town, 
next was the head-teacher. The subsequent list of 
instructors includes William Fisher, F. S. Little, A. P. 
Howe, Edward S. Fletcher, L. W. Sanborn, Miss A. M. 
Sargent, Miss E. J. Beede, Carl Knight, D. A. Shaw, B. 
F. Perley, Henry O. Hill, and Frank P. Newman, who held 
the position of principal for the first four years after the 
union of the academy with district No. i. The past year 
(1885) the school has been under the instruction of Miss 
Vina A. Dole, an experienced teacher and a lady of excel- 
lent scholarship, 

A reunion of the students of Tubbs Union Academy 
and former residents of the town of Washington was held 
at Washington, August 2nd, 1882, and the occasion was 
one long to be remembered by the participants. At ten 
o'clock the large assembly was called to order by F. P. 
Newman, the present teacher of the Academy, who made 
a short address of welcome. Prayer was offered by Rev. 
N. R. Wright, a native of the town, and for many years 
pastor of the Universalist church, now a resident of Read- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 253 

ing, Massachusetts. Prof. J. T. Goodwin, of Columbia 
College, New York, whose home was in Washington dur- 
ing his youth, was chosen President; Fred S. Little, of 
Newport, a former teacher of the Academy, and E. S. 
Fletcher, of Boston, also a former teacher, were chosen 
Vice-Presidents; Lucius B. Wright, of Boston, Secretary; 
L. T. Jefts, F. P. Newman, Miss Kitty Gage, Executive 
Committee. Remarks were made by Hon. Martin Chase 
of Marlborough, who gave some pleasant reminiscences of 
the Academy and its students during the first years of its 
existence. Langdon Healy, Esq., referred in a very pleas- 
ant manner to the school days of his boyhood in the old 
brick school-house, and compared the school government 
of those days when the ruler was governing power, with the 
present. L. B. Wright, in his remarks, assured Mr. Healy 
that the ruler had not gone into disuse when in later years 
he assumed the duties of teacher, as he (Mr. Wright), as 
one of his pupils, had a distinct remembrance of that mys- 
terious ruler. Col. James F. Grimes of Hillsborough spoke 
of his experience while a student at Tubbs Union, and re- 
lated anecdotes which convinced the younger ones that 
love of fun was not a new element in its students of to-day. 
Then came the intermission, when all present, who were 
ever students here since Tubbs Union was established, 
thirty-three years before, assembled in front of the town 
house and were photographed by G. W. Lincoln of Hills- 
borough. After dinner the following toasts were pro- 
posed : Tubbs Union Academy — Our Alma Mater. Very 
appropriately responded to by G. L. Hurd of Providence, 
Rhode Island. Prof. Dyer H. Sanborn — Who though 
dead still lives. L. B. Wright paid a fitting tribute to the 
virtues and merits of Mr. Sanborn, both as a teacher and 
man. The successors of Mr. Sanborn. J. F. Bailey re- 
sponded to this by giving the names of each, and so far as 
possible, their present residence and occupation. The 
Alumni. E. S. Fletcher made an eloquent and fitting re- 



254 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

sponse. New Hampshire — The Switzerland of America. 
L. T. Jefts, of Hudson, Massachusetts, having visited 
nearly every state in the Union, and also most of the coun- 
tries and places of interest in Europe, drew a very flatter- 
ing comparison between them and this, his native state. 
The Town of Washington — The first to adopt the name 
of the Father of his country. H. I. Hoyt responded to 
this with very appropriate remarks. Present and former 
residents of Washington. Responded to by Rev. Justin 
Burbank. The Library. Responded to by Rev. N. R. 
Wright. An old time lyceum was held in the evening, 
during which various exercises were held, including the 
discussion of the following resolution : Resolved, " That 
Woman should have the Right of Suffrage." Rev. O. P. 
Wright, affirmative ; F. B. Richards, negative. Several 
gentlemen volunteered, and the question being submitted 
to vote was decided in the negative. Lastly, all joined in 
singing Auld Lang Syne, — and the reunion was ended. 
The following is a list of trustees at the annual meeting, 
Nov. 28, 1885 : L. A. Mellen, Levi Harthon, J. Henry 
Newman, S. W. Hurd, Gardner Millen, N. A. Lull, Jesse 
F. Bailey, O. T. Crane, John L. Safford, E. G. Farns- 
worth, H. L Hoyt, Frank P. Newman. 

The academy was at its highest degree of prosperity 
during the few years that Prof. Sanborn was at its head, 
and his name will ever be remembered in connection with 
"Tubbs Union." He exerted a strong moral influence on 
all who came under his training, and imparted a degree of 
self-reliance which enabled his students to lay the founda- 
tion for future usefulness. Prof. Sanborn was born July 
29, 1799, and the greater portion of his life was devoted 
to teaching. He taught in Woodman Sanbornton Acade- 
my two years; taught a high school of his own two and 
one-half years, at Sanbornton Square; taught in the San- 
bornton Academy three and one-half years ; was then pro- 
fessor of mathematics, natural science and English litera- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 255 

ture, three years, at the New Hampshire Conference Sem- 
inary, of which he was also principal in 1847-48. He then 
removed to Washington to take charge of Tubbs Union 
Academy. After severing his connection with the school 
here in 1853, he moved to Hopkinton, New Hampshire, 
where he was engaged several years as principal of Hop- 
kinton Academy. He died at Hopkinton, Jan. 14, ,1871, 
He was the author of several text books, his "Analytical 
Grammar" passing through eight editions. During the 
last years of his life, while postmaster at Hopkinton, he 
was diligently employed in bringing very nearly to a com- 
pletion the "Sanborn Genealogies." 

SHEDD FREE LIBRARY. 

Shedd Free Library was founded by Miss Sarah Shedd, 
a native of Washington, who bequeathed two thousand, 
five hundred dollars to the town for the establishment of 
a public library, for the use and benefit of the citizens of 
Washington. The will bears the date of March 15, 1867. 
At a town meeting held Nov. 23, 1867, it was voted to 
accept the bequest of Miss Sarah Shedd, according to the 
terms of the will. Sullivan W. Healy was chosen agent 
to receive, invest and take charge of said bequest, and 
give bonds to the satisfaction of the selectmen for the 
same. It was then voted to choose a librarian and two 
assistants, whose duty it shall be, when sufficient funds 
have accrued, to purchase books for the library and 
prescribe such by-laws as may be necessary for the pres- 
ervation and safe-keeping of said books. Chose Martin 
Chase, librarian, and Calvin Vickery and Jesse F. Bailey, 
assistants. At the annual meeting in March, 1869, the 
following resolution was adopted : 

Resolved, That the selectmen be directed to appoint a 
committee of three persons, to be called the Library Com- 
mittee, whose duty it shall be to establish a name for the 
library, select and purchase books, appoint a librarian, and 



256 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

to do all other things necessary to carry into operation the 
library, according to the provisions of Miss Shedd's will ; 
to hold their office for one year or until others are chosen 
in their stead ; and it shall be the duty of the selectmen 
to fill any vacancy that may occur in any committee by 
reason of death, resignation, or otherwise. The selectmen 
appointed Jesse F. Bailey, Martin Chase and John Weston 
as the library committee. The committee adopted the 
following regulations to be observed in the management 
of the library : 

Article i. The library shall be known as the Shedd 
Free Library. 

Article 2. The selectmen shall annually, in the month 
of April, appoint one person as treasurer, whose duty it 
shall be to take charge of the funds of the library and pay 
over the proceeds of the same to the library committee as 
often as it shall become due ; also to appoint three persons 
as the library committee, whose duty it shall be to provide 
a suitable place for keeping the books, appoint a librarian 
at such a rate of compensation as they shall think proper, 
to select and purchase books as often as the funds shall 
accrue, to cause them to be covered with stout brown pa- 
per before using and an abridged copy of the regulations 
to be pasted into each book, to make an annual report to 
the town of the condition of the library, and to have a gen- 
eral superintendence and management of the library. 

Article 3. No book that is sectarian in religion or par- 
tisan in politics shall have a place upon the shelves, except 
by donation. 

Article 4. The library shall be open for the receipt and 
delivery of books every Saturday, from nine till twelve in 
the forenoon, and from two till five in the afternoon, and 
at no other time. 

Article 5. Every inhabitant of Washington over four- 
teen years of age may take books from the library, but 
shall not have out more than one volume at a time ; and 




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no book shall be kept out over four weeks, under a penalty 
of fifteen cents a week for detention. 

Article 6. If any book shall be lost or destroyed, the 
person to whom it shall stand charged shall either pay the 
value thereof or replace it by a new volume or set, if it be- 
longs to a set, of equal value. 

Article 7. Temporary residents may take books from 
the library by paying to the librarian the value of the book 
or set, if it belongs to a set, which shall be refunded on 
returning them. 

Article 8. Damage done by dirt or folding leaves, 
grease or injury to any book, to be assessed by the libra- 
rian, with the right to appeal to the committee ; and no 
book shall be delivered to any person who neglects to pay 
any fine assessed on him or her until such fine is paid; 
and heads of families shall in all cases be responsible for 
fines assessed on children under their care. 

Article 9. The librarian shall keep a record of all do- 
nations to the library, together with a list of the books 
presented and the name of the donor. He shall also 
keep an account of the delivery and return of all books, 
with the names of the parties ; also an account of the 
receipts, whether by fine or otherwise, which amount he 
shall pay to the library committee as often as once in six 
months. 

Article 10. No person having a book from the library 
shall lend it to any person not a member of the same 
household. 

The Shedd Free Library was first opened to the public 
Oct. 30, 1869, in a small upper room of a building owned 
by S. W. Hurd. The library at this time contained two 
hundred and ninety-two volumes. John Weston, an aged 
and respected citizen, was the first librarian, and his rec- 
ords show that on the first day the library was opened, 
fifty-seven books were delivered to the citizens of Wash- 



258 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

ington. This seems a small beginning compared to our 
library of to-day. The number of volumes increasing 
yearly, the library was removed to a larger room, in a build- 
ing owned by A. P. Wright, now used as a store by Carl 
L. Wright. In the spring of 1881 the town received the 
following proposition from Mr. Luman T. Jefts of Hud- 
son, Massachusetts : 

*T agree to erect and donate, for the sole use of the 
Shedd Free Library and any strictly literary society con- 
nected therewith, a brick and stone library building of 
suitable size, style and equipment, and deed said building, 
free of all debt, to the town of Washington as a free gift, 
provided said town shall, in a legal town meeting, accept 
my proposition, and shall agree to grant in perpetuo the 
site, and duly care for and keep in good repair said build- 
ing, and guarantee that it shall only be used and occupied 
for the aforesaid purpose and no other." 

In accordance with the foregoing proposition a town 
meeting was held May 27, 1881, to see if the town would 
accept the proposition of Mr. Jefts, and to pass any vote 
necessary to make the offer available. Mr. Jefts was 
present at the meeting and exhibited a plan of the pro- 
posed building, and made appropriate remarks setting 
forth the motives that prompted him to make this offer. 
He feelingly alluded to incidents of his early life, passed 
in the town that gave him birth and education, and to 
which "fond memory often reverts with feelings of mingled 
pride and pleasure." At the close of Mr. Jefts' remarks 
a formal vote was taken and the proposition was unani- 
mously accepted. Messrs. Elbridge Bradford, Gardner 
Millen and Ira Brockway were chosen a building commit- 
tee, and the work was begun with promptness and carried 
forward with energy and persistency ; and probably a more 
thoroughly constructed and endurable edifice does not 
adorn a village in Sullivan county than the Shedd Free 
Library building in Washington, New Hampshire. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 259 

The building was completed in November, and ded- 
icated to the use of the Shedd Free Library and the 
cause of education on the 21st of December, 1881. The 
dedication ceremonies were opened at the new building 
with prayerby Rev. N. R. Wright, after which the audi- 
ence adjourned to the town hall, where Mr. Luman T. 
Jefts of Hudson, Massachusetts, made a formal presenta- 
tion of the building to the citizens of Washington in the 
following words : 

"Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen : It gives me the 
greatest pleasure to meet you upon this interesting occa- 
sion and present to you, for the town, this edifice which is 
to contain the Shedd Free Library. It has been my aim 
to so construct it that, by thoroughness of workmanship 
and durability of material, it shall meet the wants not 
only of the present but of future generations. Remem- 
ber that, as light reading unfits the mind for solid think- 
ing, it will surely be the highest manifestation of wisdom 
to fill these shelves with productions of intellectual and 
noble minds. Then I am sure will the wish of her who 
has done so noble an act in presenting this valuable 
library to the town, as well as that of the donor of this 
building, be gratified, in establishing that which shall be- 
come a blessing to you and your successors in all coming 
time." 

Mr. A. P. Howe made a speech of acceptance for the 
town, of which the following is an extract : "To our 
worthy friend, Mr. Luman T. Jefts, who by this munifi- 
cent gift has made himself the benefactor of this people, I 
am permitted to say that it is with feelings of the deepest 
gratitude that we accept this gift, and assume with a 
realizing sense of their magnitude the obligations under 
which it places us. We realize that by no future act of 
ours can we absolve ourselves from the debt of obligation 
under which, by this act of acceptance, we have voluntarily 
placed ourselves. We accept this gift not only for our- 



260 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

selves but to hold in trust for the generations that are to 
come after us," 

Col, Carroll D, Wright of Reading, Massachusetts, 
closed the ceremonies with an eloquent and able address, 
in which he payed a fitting tribute to the memory of Sarah 
Shedd. The story of her life is best told in the following 
extracts from Colonel Wright's address : 

"Born and reared in humble life, but possessed of a 
mind far beyond the average, she early saw that the op- 
portunities she wished could never be hers. Maturity 
found her with a fair education, which had been greatly 
aided by her tuition under Mary Lyon, at South Hadley. 
Want as well as inclination soon compelled her to become 
independent of all aid and to rely on herself. By teaching 
in the summer, and working in the cotton mills of Maine 
and Massachusetts the balance of the year, she was enabled 
not only to enjoy comparative independence but to gratify 
to some extent her taste for reading. During her early 
womanhood she contributed means for the education of a 
brother, and later in life was called upon to support her 
mother ; this she did for many years, taking upon herself 
the whole expense of Mrs. Shedd's support. With all 
these drafts upon her resources she was enabled, solely 
from the accumulations of her own labor in the school- 
room and factories, to leave a handsome sum — twenty- 
five hundred dollars — for the foundation of a free 
library, that the youth of this town might have the 
very advantages she so much craved. How sweet is her 
memory ! Her genial smile won the hearts of the child- 
ren and always won them so long as reason held its sway 
with her. Always a toiler, because she was a child of toil, 
she sought to make all around her happy,^ Her genial 
disposition lighted the pathway of many a boy and girl 
and gave them glimpses of a mind and soul, which in 
themselves, make her memory as fragrant as spring flowers. 
In the factory she was as sincere as in the school room. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 26l 

She was an operative at Lowell when the mill girls were 
the bright, intelligent daughters of New England. She 
wrote for the Lozvell Offering, a magazine conducted en- 
tirely by the young women of the mills, — they were the 
sole contributors. The Lowell Offering, with its factory- 
girl thought, had a wide-spread influence in New England. 
Schooled under such experience and with such associates, 
trained by adversity and toil, sanctified by sacrifices for 
others, — the purest discipline for heaven, — Sarah Shedd 
needs no monument by the generation which knew and 
loved her. Her memory is lasting and more tangible to 
such than could be any material memorial. But to those, 
she did not bless by her presence she has left two indica- 
tions of the soul within her: — one, silent and dignified as 
her own nature, in the few writings she has left — some of 
these are to be found in the Offering, others in the treas- 
ure boxes of friends ; the second monument she has 
erected echoes the want of her youth, does honor to her 
attainments, and honors you in dedicating to your use and 
to the wants of those coming after, the entire accumula- 
tions and savings of a lifetime of toil." 

LUMAN T. JEFTS. 

In early life Mr. Jefts toiled with odds against him. At 
the age of sixteen he hired out for six months on a farm. 
It was here that he keenly felt the need of an education 
in order to ^o much in the world. When he went home 
he hoped he might see some opportunity to attend school. 
During the following year, which he spent at home, he 
often urged his father to let him go to school. He was 
finally told he could have his time and go to school all he 
could. He accepted this offer and from that time forth 
paid his own expenses. His efforts to gain an education 
taught him the needs of young men. The impulses of his 
boyhood met with no dazzling encouragement, nor were 
they completely checked, for from the government of 



262 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

Tubbs Union Academy and from Professor Sanborn he 
received encouragement to fit himself for teaching, and 
with the benefit of their advice which they gave him, he 
won the respect of all teachers, class-mates and citizens. 
He has made his name honorable in the highest in the 
home of his adoption, where he has been recently elected 
to the office of state senator. After leaving school he 
spent five years in a country store, part of the time as 
salesman and a part as proprietor. During this time he 
succeeded in acquiring a little money. In 1858, he en- 
gaged in the business of manufacturing shoes with Mr. A. 
K. Graves ; they remained together two years, since 
which time he has been in the business most of the time 
with no partner, finding that he succeeded better than 
when in company with any one. Mr. Jefts, through his 
own exertions, has amassed a handsome fortune and has 
been enabled to gratify his desire for travelling, having 
made two trips to Europe and there visited all the places 
of interest. He has not neglected to acquire a knowledge 
of his own country, having made two trips to California 
and visited all the states in the Union except two. He 
has ever been noted for his benevolence, giving freely for 
charitable purposes. He has aided two young men and 
one young lady through college, one of the men now being 
a Baptist minister in New Haven, Connecticut, and the 
other a lawyer in New York ; the lady is a preceptress in 
an academy in New Jersey. He has done njore : he has 
made for himself a warm place in the hearts of the men he 
employs, and counts himself more fortunate in winning 
the esteem and love of his fellows than in winning the 
golden prize of wealth. 

• LIBRARIANS. 

John Weston, the first librarian, was succeeded by his 
daughter, Mrs. Julia Brockway, who served faithfully for 
several years. Afterwards Mrs. O. T. Crane performed 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 263 

the same duty satisfactorily for a number of years. Since 
the occupation of the new building, Mrs Clara M. Hurd 
has filled the office of librarian in a manner acceptable to 
all parties concerned. 

Since the opening of the library in 1869 the number of 
volumes has increased from two hundred and ninety-two 
to one thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight. 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



Secret Societies. Soldiers' Monument. Cemeteries. 




SECRET SOCIETIES. 

MASONRY. 

URING the present century numberless secret so- 
cieties have sprung into existence, and for good 
or evil, as the case may be, are becoming an im- 
portant power among the factors that constitute our civil 
government. One hundred years ago comparatively few 
secret societies were known. Probably among the differ- 
ent secret organizations in the country to-day the Masons 
have been the longest known. Early in the present cen- 
tury we find that an organization existed in this town 
known as Mount Vernon Lodge F. and A. M. They were 
accustomed, at a certain change of the moon, to hold secret 
conclave in a room at the hotel, now known as the Lovell 
House, and much wonder was excited among our good and 
staid townspeople as to the object of these mysterious 
meetings ; but when it became known that some of the 
wisest and most influential men of the town were at its 
head, such men as Hon. Joseph Healy, Thomas Penni- 
man, Esq., and Dea. Samuel P. Bailey, less anxiety was 
felt, and the lodge was left undisturbed. We know not 
the exact number of years that the lodge existed here, but 
there is little doubt that a strong interest was taken in 
the work of the order. In the house of Thomas Penni- 



t 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 265 

man the walls were adorned with masonic emblems. The 
lodge was finally removed to Newport, where it is still 
known as Mount Vernon Lodge No. 15. The last sur- 
viving member residing in this town was Dea. Samuel P. 
Bailey, who was for many years secretary of the lodge. 
On his one hundredth birthday, Feb. 27, 1880, he was 
given a grand celebration by his brother Masons and the 
citizens of the town. The following is an extract from a 
centennial ode written for the occasion by Past Master 
Matthew Harvey : 

We celebrate the patriarch's birth, 

Our brother, friend and sage, — 
A thousand virtues tell his worth, 

A hundred years his age. 
lliose silver loclis, that furrowed brow, 

All speak his length of days ; 
They mark his steps and tell us how, 

In Fortune's devious ways. 
He's struggled through a hundred years — 

A hundred years to-day ! 

To him great length of days were given, 

To Work upon the Sqiiare ; , 

An Ashler for the Arch of Heaven 

Awaits for transi)ort there ; 
A Jeicel cast in ancient mold. 

An Ornament of yore. 
In Beauty rare may soon unfold. 

To hear the Craft encore. 
"We welcome home our Brother, old, 

A hundred years and more !" 

In the summer following his one hundredth birthday he 
was called from labor here below to the Celestial Lodge 
above, there to partake of the Divine refreshments spread 
by the Supreme Grand Master for the great brotherhood 
of mankind. 

PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. 

Lovell Grange No. 5 of this order was organized and re- 
ceived a charter Oct. 3, 1873. The Grange started with 



266 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

thirteen charter members, and held their meetings in a 
hall prepared for the purpose near the residence of John 
Woods in the "New Boston" district, about one mile from 
the village of East Washington. The Grange prospered 
for a time, but for some cause remained dormant for sev- 
eral years. It was reorganized Dec. 4, 1883, and now 
holds its meetings at the town hall. It now has a mem- 
bership of sixteen, and is in a prosperous condition. 

GRAND ARMY REPUBLIC. 

Marston Post No. 20, G. A. R., department of New 
Hampshire, was first organized here Dec. 23, 1867, with 
eleven charter members. The following is the first board 
of officers chosen: Commander, Hiram I. Hoyt ; Senior 
Vice Commander, Freeman S. Stowell ; Junior Vice Com- 
mander, John H. Frazer; Adjutant, William W. Hall; 
Quartermaster, Daniel S. Millet ; Officer of the Day, 
Arthur H. Jaquith ; Officer of the Guard, William H. Cha- 
pin. The other charter members were Thomas P. Millen, 
Ashbury P. Howe, Alonzo Knight and Orlando T. Crane. 
The name of the Post was changed, Feb. 16, 1871, to 
Hamilton Post No. 20, after Hamilton Wilkins, a soldier 
of company A, 8th New Hampshire volunteers, of whom 
mention is made in the military part of this history. 

January 22, 1876, the Post then numbering twenty-three 
members, severed itself from the State department by rea- 
son of an unjust tax levied on them by the state depart- 
ment. The Post continued as an independent organ- 
ization until May 28, 1884, when it was reorganized as 
Hamilton Post No. 20, G. A. R., department of New 
Hampshire, by Dept. Commander John C. Linehan, who 
installed the following board of officers : Commander, 
Arthur H. Jaquith ; Senior Vice Commander, Orlando T. 
Crane ; Junior Vice Commander, William H. Chapin ; Ad- 
jutant, Ashbury P. Howe ; Officer of the Day, Hiram I. 
Hoyt ; Quartermaster, John C. Millen. The other char- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 26/ 

ter members were Judson Wilkins, George C. Crane, Amos 
B. Thompson, Charles Carly, Alonzo Knight and Clinton 
D. Fowler. The list of commanders is, — Hiram I. Hoyt, 
Freeman S. Stowell, John H. Frazer, Judson Wilkins, 
Daniel S. Millet, Arthur H. Jaquith, and the present com- 
mander, William H. Chapin. The Post now numbers fif- 
teen members. 

It is with feelings of sadness that we observe the grad- 
ual narrowing of the circle around the camp fires of our 
Grand Army Posts. Their numbers are slowly but surely 
diminishing. One by one their camp fires are extin- 
guished, and soon only a record of their noble deeds will 
remain. 

soldiers' MONUMENT, 

The smoke of battle had scarcely cleared away from 
the valleys of the South and the surviving veterans of the 
war returned to their homes before the good citizens of 
Washington conceived the idea of erecting a monument 
upon their beautiful village common, in memory of the 
noble men who had given their lives in the war of the Re- 
bellion from '6i to '65. The thought simply preceded the 
act, and our citizens vied with each other to devise ways 
and means for the consummation of their plans. Their 
first festival was held in the early winter of '65-66, from 
which they netted two hundred dollars or more, and from 
this time until the completion and dedication, Sept. 13, 
1867, all political parties and all religious denominations 
worked with that harmony and unity of purpose which 
always insures success. A pleasant autumn day which 
seemed to have been made expressly for the occasion was 
duly observed for its dedication. Martin Chase, one of the 
first if not the originator of the project, was president of 
the day. Ex-Gov. Fred Smith delivered the dedication 
address, in which he complimented the citizens of Wash- 
ington for their patriotism, in being the first town in the 



268 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

State of New Hampshire to erect and dedicate a monu- 
ment to the memory of their fallen soldiers. A festival 
was held in the evening, at which both Ex-Gov. Smith and 
Gov. Harriman were present. It was one of the red-letter 
days of the town which no citizen has ever had cause to 
regret. By voluntary contributions and the generous as- 
sistance of former residents and natives of the town, all 
bills were paid, and the monument was dedicated a free- 
will offering of a grateful people. It bears the names of 
James L. Millen, Henry L. Jones, Samuel D. Monroe, 
Lewis A. Powers, Henry J. Millen, Hamilton Wilkins, 
David Ritter, Samuel T. Farnsworth, Moses D. Proctor, 
William F. Severance, Henry Crane and Gilman Beckwith. 

CEMETERIES. 

For twenty years after the settlement of Washington 
was commenced there was no place provided by the town 
for the burial of the dead. It is believed that burials were 
generally made on private grounds belonging to the 
homes of the deceased. There is said to be a small group of 
graves on the north western slope of Lovewell's Mountain, 
some forty rods south of the Wheeler place, so called, which 
was probably the common place of burial for that district, 
which was once one of the most thickly settled farming 
districts in town. In 1788, the town voted to buy one 
acre of ground for a burying place, and the same year ac- 
cepted a piece of land belonging to Rev. George Leslie 
and Maj. Ephraim Davis. The selectmen were instructed 
to lay it out, take deeds and pay for it. This was the be- 
ginning of the old cemetery at the center of the town. In 
1836, Hon. Joseph Healy deeded an additional piece of 
land to the town for an extension to this cemetery. In 
this cemetery lie the remains of many of the earliest set- 
tlers of Washington. 

"There, in their narrow cells forever laid, 
The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep." 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 269 

In 1870, the town laid out the new cemetery at the cen- 
ter of the town, where most of the interments in that part 
of the town are now made. In 1842, the widow of Timo- 
thy Barney donated a site for the Christian meeting house 
and the adjoining church yard, which yard has si;ice been 
used as a place of burial by people living in that part of 
the town. The precise date of the laying out of the old 
church yard at P2ast Washington is not known, but it was 
without doubt, not far from the beginning of the present 
century. The grounds were not enlarged until i860, when 
the new portion, situated near the church, was purchased 
by the town. In 1883, the East Washington Cemetery 
Association was formed for the purpose of improving the 
cemetery and beautifying its grounds. Generous dona- 
tions have been made to the association by its friends in 
and out of town, which have enabled it not only to greatly 
improve the appearance of the grounds, but to purchase a 
valuable addition on the north side of the grounds. 
George W. Carr has been president of the association 
since its organization. In 1817, it was voted not to pro- 
cure a hearse for the use of the town, but in 1828 the 
town voted to procure one. The same year (1828) the 
matter of pasturing sheep in the burying ground was left 
to the discretion of the selectmen ; whether it was done 
or not is not known. Evidently the object was to destroy 
the bushes which are so prone to overrun neglected 
grounds. 

During the last century the public mind has greatly 
changed its views concerning the grave and its surround- 
ings. The emblems of gloom have given place to those 
of a more cheering nature, and the last resting-place of 
the dust of one's friends, instead of being places to be 
shunned and dreaded, are taking their place among the 
dearest and pleasantest spots of earth. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



GENEALOGIES. 



Abbreviations. — W. for Washington ; res. for resides or resi- 
dence; b. for born; ni. for married; d. for died; (?) for doubt. 

ABBOTT. 



'^^T^lHILIP ABBOTT, son of Reuben Abbott, was 
born in Ashford, Conn., Apr. 6, 1799. He mar- 




ried Rebecca , and for a time resided in 

Littleton, N. H. His wife died in 1839, and he married 
Harriet N. Knowlton of Shrewsbury, Mass., in 1840. 
They came to Washington in 1850, and resided at the 
south part of the town until his death, which occurred 
July 7, 1883. His wife died in Boston, Oct. 6, 1883. He 
had seven children, three by his first and four by his sec- 
ond wife. Three of the children are living, viz.: 

(1st wife) 
I. 
Jennie, b. Littleton, in 1833; m. Archibald J. Neiley, 
and res. in Boston. 

II. 

Charles W., b. Littleton, about 1837; res. in Boston. 
(2nd wife) 
III. 
Albert F., b. W., about 1847; ^'^^- i'"! 1885, and res. in 
Leadville, Col. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 2/1 

ADAMS. 

The Adams family of Washington are descendants of 
Henry Adams, who emigrated from Devonshire, England, 
in 1636, and settled at Mount Wollaston (Ouincy), Mass. 
Among his descendants are the families of John and Sam- 
uel Adams — the former remembered as president of the 
United States, the latter for his active participation in the 
struggle for independence during the Revolution. 

The record of our branch of the family begins with 
John Adams, a native of Quincy, Mass., who settled in 
Lincoln, Mass., and had two sons and several daughters. 
John Adams, Jr., settled in Mason, N. H., when a young 
man ; married Mary, daughter of John Adams of New 
Ipswich, and reared a large family of children, consisting 
of five sons and five daughters. Two of these sons, John 
3d, and Seth, found their way to Washington. 

John Adams, 3d, son of John and Mary Adams, settled 
in Milford and married Hannah Leavitt of Mont Vernon, 
Feb. 26, 1805. In 1806 the family removed to Washing- 
ton, and settled near the shore of Ashuelot Pond, where 
Ellis Copeland now resides. They continued to reside in 
Washington seventeen years. In 1823 they removed to 
Hillsboro' where they resided eight years, and then went 
to Milford, which was afterward their home. John Adams 
died in Stoddard, while absent from home on a journey, 
not far from the year 183 1, at the age of fifty-two years. 
His wife resided in Milford until her death, which oc- 
curred Mar. 16, 1846, at the age of sixty-six. She is de- 
scribed as a person of poetic mind and religious habits, 
and was a gifted singer. The children of John and Han- 
nah Adams are : — 

I. 

John P., b. Milford, Nov. 26, 1805 ; was engaged in 
insurance business in Boston, Mass.; his health failed, 
and he settled in Milford, N. H., where he now resides. 



2/2 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

He m. Lucy J. Roach of Hampstead, May 14, 1846; 
Children : 

(i) Annah E., b. Milford, Dec. 22, 1848 ; teacher; res. 
Milford. 

(2) Edward T., b. Milford, Sep. 27, 1850; clerk; res. 
Boston, Mass. 

(3) Phebe C, b. Milford, April 19, 1853; d. March 16, 

1854. 

11. 

Andrew H., b. Washington, ; studied for 

the ministry but did not finish his education on account 
of failing health ; m. in Dracut, Mass., and d. there ; no 
children, 

III. 

Hannah, b. W., June, 18 10; res. Boston; unmarried. 

IV. 

Elliot W., b. W., ; m. in Troy, N. Y.; entered 

the U. S. Army and went to Texas when he was last 
heard of ; Child : — 

(i) George A., b. ; m. Sophia W. Newkirk 

Nov. 13, 1867; d. in Santa Barbara, Cal, Sept. 19, 1876. 

V. 

Noah W., b. W., Feb. 25, 1815 ; m. Clara W. Adams of 
Mason, Nov. 8, 1855; res. Townsend, Mass., where he d. 
Apr. 9, 1876. Children: — 

(i) Nellie W., b. Townsend, Mass., Dec. 10, 1857; d. 
Townsend, Mass., Sept. 24, 1879. 

(2) Mary E., b. Townsend, Mass., Nov. 13, 1859. 

(3) Ransom B., b. Townsend, Mass., May 28, 1862. 

VI. 
Hiram, b. W., ; m. Hill, a native of Ports- 
mouth. He was a printer, and d. in Boston soon after his 
marriage. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 



^71 



VII. 

Adoniram J., b. W., Oct. 3, 1820; remained with his 
parents until ten years of age ; at the age of thirteen he 
went to Boston, where he has since resided ; he has al- 
ways been engaged in the wholesale grocery trade, in 
which he has been very successful, being at the present 
time, the head of the firm of Martin L. Hall & Co ; he m. 
Harriet Lincoln, Apr. 9, 1845, who d. Mar. 23, 1869, and 
he again m. Lucy H. Shepardson,Dec.25, 1870. Children : — 

(i) Edward D., b. Boston, Apr. 9, 1846. 

(2) Frank B., b. Boston, Jan. 26, 1848 ; d. Sept. 27, 1848. 

(3) Charles A., b. Boston, July 9, 1849. 

(4) Walter B., b. " Sept. 10, 185 1. 

(5) George L., b. " Dec. 5, 1853. 

(6) Franklin A., b. " May 10, 1855. 

(7) William K., b. " Dec. 22, 1856. 

(8) Marshall P., b. " Mar. 16, 1858 ; d. in Guay- 
mas, Mexico, Sept. 22, 1883. 

(9) Harriet J., b. Boston, Jan. 5, 1861. 

(10) Ernest H., b. Boston, Apr. 25, 1862; d. Aug. 17, 
1864. 

VIII. 

Ransom B., b. Hillsborough, Oct. 23, 1822; m. Ellen 
Calderwood ; is a printer and resides in Boston. No 
children. 

Seth Adams, son of John and Mary Adams, and brother 
of John, whose record has just been given, was born in 
Mason (now Greenville), New Hampshire, Jan. 21, 1791. 
When a youth he came to Washington and resided with 
his brother at the south part of the town. He learned to 
card wool and dress cloth, which was his occupation the 
greater part of his life. He married Comfort Barney, dau. 
of John Barney of Washington, Nov. 11, 1813. In 1843, 
in company with his sons, Nathan and Calvin, he began 
the manufacture of cloth on Water street, where the Cres- 



2/4 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

ent mill now stands, his establishment being the first of 
the kind on that spot. He was a man of sterling qualities 
and was highly respected by his townspeople. He was 
connected with the Baptist church in East Washington 
and held the office of deacon. He died in Acworth, with 
his son, Mar. 22, 1882. His wife died in W., May 13, 
1867. Their children were: — 

I. 

Nathan, b. W., Apr. 17, 1815 ; m. Minerva, dau. of Jo- 
seph Newman of W., Sept. i, 1839; ^es. some years in 
W., where he was engaged in the manufacture of woolens, 
but finally removed to Acworth, where he was engaged in 
the same business. Children : — 

(i) Minerva J., b. W., Feb. 2, 1844. 
(2) Washington I., b. W., Apr. 7, 1852. 

II. 

Calvin, b. W., Feb. 23, 1818; m. Loraine, dau. of Benj. 
Newman of W., Feb. 8, 1843. He worked with his father 
a few years in the manufacture of woolen goods, but in 
1848 they removed to Hillsborough, where he spent the 
remainder of his life engaged in farming. He d. Jan. 13, 
1882. Children : — 

(i) Freeman C, b. W., Jan. i, 1844; res. in Hills- 
borough. 

(2) Francelia L., b. W., Nov. 17, 1847 ; d. Aug. 14, 1849. 

(3) Ella M., b. Hillsborough, Nov. 9, 1850; res. in 
Hillsborough. 

(4) * Frank E., b. Hillsborough, Nov. 24, 1854; d. Dec. 
30, 1854. 

(5) Emma B., b. Hillsborough, May 20, 1857; res. in 
Hillsborough. 

(6) Emmons C, b. Hillsborough, Mar. 4, 1862; d. 
Jan. 26, 1864. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 275 

III. 

Mary A., b. W., May 3, 1820; m. Horace Gee of Mar- 
low, Oct. 26, 1847; d. May 25, 1880. 

IV. 

Almira J., b. W., June 13, 1826; m. Lewis A. Knight, 
Nov. 25, 1869; res. in Marlow. 

V. 

Sullivan, b. W., Nov. 6, 1828 ; m. Martha J. Tucker, July 
31, 1855. He studied theology at the Baptist Theological 
Seminary at New Hampton, New Hampshire, graduating 
in 1856. They have resided in Shaftsbury and Grafton, 
Vermont ; Fort Howard, Wisconsin ; Litchfield, Illinois ; 
Granite Falls, Hastings, Litchfield and Minneapolis, Min- 
nesota. During the Rebellion he was for a time in the 
South, in the service of the Christian Commission. At 
this time he is an invalid, and resides at Ouincy, Illinois. 
No children. 

AMES. 

Nathan Ames was born in New Boston, Nov. 25, 1785. 
He married Margaret Sweet, Aug. 11, 1805, and resided 
for a time in Newburyport, Massachusetts, where he was 
employed as a shoemaker. At the age of twenty-four or 
twenty-five he became deeply interested in religion and 
united with the First Baptist church in Newburyport. 
About the year 1811 he was licensed to preach, and soon 
after was called to preach for a newly formed church in 
Newbury, Massachusetts, where he remained about three 
years. In 18 16, owing to the inability of the church to 
give him a comfortable support, he retired from the min- 
istry and resumed work at his trade. He was never sat- 
isfied with the change, but was continually under the con- 
viction that it was his duty to preach the gospel. In 18 19 
he was invited to become pastor of the Baptist church in 
Sutton, New Hampshire, and was ordained May 31, 1820. 



276 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

After laboring in Sutton six or seven years, and a short 
time in the service of the New Hampshire Home Mis- 
sionary Society, he removed to East Wasliington in 1827, 
and became pastor of the Baptist church. He was the 
first settled pastor the church ever had, and he continued 
to labor as pastor until about 1834. He was succeeded in 
ig35 by Rev. David Gage. He removed to Jamaica, 
Vermont, in 1835, and became pastor of the Baptist 
church in that place. After about six years of service, ill 
health compelled him to give up the pastoral care of the 
church. He purchased a small farm in Jamaica, where he 
spent the remainder of his life, occasionally supplying the 
pulpits of churches in various places. He represented 
Jamaica two years in the state legislature. He died in 
Jamaica, March 29, 1848. His wife died Aug. 31, 1853. 

Their children were : — 

I. 

Margarett, b. May 27, 1806; m., first, Gideon Brimhall, 
Dec. 3, 1840; she m., secondly, Isaiah Howard of Jamai- 
ca, Vt., Jan. 3, 1854; d. in Jamaica, May 8, 1866. 

11. 
Nathan Jr., b. Nov. 25, 1808; studied medicine, and, 
while a student, died May 27, 1832. 

III. 

Elvira, b. July 24, 1809; m. Morrow of Boston. 

IV. 
Rebecca, b. Newburyport, Mass., Aug. 15, 1812; m. 
Samuel Fletcher of W., Apr. 30, 1835 ; d. in W., Apr. 25, 

1852. 

V. 

Susan, b. Nov. 10, 18 14; d. Dec. 17, 1836. 

VI. 
Celina, b. Sutton, N. H., Apr. 24, 18 19 ; d. Oct. 2, 1836. 

VII. 
Almedia C, b. Sutton, May 13, 1822; m. Isaiah How- 
ard of Jamaica, Vt., Sept. 6, 1840; d. Nov. 11, 1853. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 2// 

ATWOOD. 

Joshua Atwood is supposed to have been a native of 
Sandwicli. He resided many years in Antrim, but re- 
moved to Washington in 1830, and settled on a farm which 
he purchased of the heirs of Andrew Jones, and wliich is 
now owned by Galen Blanchard. He died in 1837; his 
wife died in 1834. They were the parents of seven child- 
ren. 

Stephen Wells Atwood, son of Joshua Atwood, was 
born in Lempster (.?), June 15, 1788. He married Betsey 
Dresser in 181 1, and settled in Windsor. He removed to 
Washington, in 1834, and resided where his father first 
settled. His wife died in Windsor, Apr. 20, 1834; he died 
in Washington, March 25, 1838. Their children were: — 

I. 

Freeman, b. Windsor, Apr. 15, 181 2; d. Apr. 30, 18 12. 

II. 

Horace, b. Windsor, July 16, 1814 ; m. Mary Mc Adams, 
Nov. 24, 1840; shed. Sept. 24, 1853; he again married 
Abigail Lewis, Apr. 28, 1857, who d. in W., Apr. 18, 1871. 
He resided in Washington principally from 1836 until 
1872, when he removed to Windsor where he now resides. 

III. 

Jesse, b. Windsor, Aug. 3, 1816; m. Catharine Brad- 
ford, Aug. 3, 1840; she d. in 1841, and he m. Mary A. 
Clark in 1843. He resided for a time in Massachusetts, 
afterward in Windsor and Washington, He was for a 
time in the United States service during the Rebellion. 
He died in Washington in 1885. Child : — 

(i) Clara E., b. ; m. Mason H. Dole of 

W., Aug. 16, 1866; they reside in W. 

IV. 

Mary, b. Windsor, Mar. 23, 18 18; m. William Brown in 
1834 ; d. i860. 



2/8 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

V. 

William, b. Windsor, Feb. 2, 1820; m. Pamelia Rich- 
ardson ; res. for a time in Acworth. 

VI. 

Gardner, b. Windsor, Feb. 11, 1822 ; m. Roxanna Lewis, 
adopted dau. of Dea. John Lewis of W., May 13, 1847; 
res. in W., where he is a good citizen and thrifty farmer. 
No children. 

VIL 

Harrison, b. Windsor, May 17, 1825 ; m. Mary A. Ea- 
ton of Lempster, Mar. 29, 1853. He has res. in W. and 
Lempster, and is at present a resident of Hillsborough. 
Children : — 

(i) Walter, b. W., Dec, 1853 ; res. Antrim. 

(2) Elizabeth, b. Lempster, Mar. — , 1859; res. Wind- 
sor. 

AYER. 

William Ayer was born in Haverhill, Mass., in Octo- 
ber, 1753. He married Mary Runnels at Hollis, N. H., 
June 9, 1778. He was a farmer and resided in Bow, Con- 
cord, Hillsborough and Newbury. He was a soldier in 
the Revolution. He died in Newbury, N. H., June 6, 
1827. His wife d. Apr. 22, 1842. They had eleven 
children, the fifth being James, who was born in Concord, 
N. H., May 12, 1788. He married Lucy, dau. of Jonathan 
Brockway, Jr., of Washington, Feb. 19, 181 1, and settled 
in Fishersfield (Newbury). In 18 14, they removed to 
Washington, and settled two and a half miles north-west 
of East Washington, on a farm which they purchased of 
Ephraim Severance. His wife died Jan. 19, 1833, and he 
married Mary, widow of Maj. Moses Harriman of W., 
June 5, 1833. He died in W., Mar. 29, 1863. His wife 
d. Sept. 18, 1869. The children of James. Ayer, all by his 
first wife, are : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 279 



Leonard, b. Newbury (then Fishersfield), Oct. 13, 181 1; 
m. Martha M. Blood, a native of Westford, Mass., Oct. 10, 
1832. He was a stone mason, and, after marriage, resided 
in West Cambridge, Mass., until about 1857, when he 
settled in Weathersfield, 111., where his wife died, Sept. 
I, 1857. He died in Deloit, Iowa, Dec. 26, 1877. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Leonard B., b. West Cambridge, Mass., March 30, 
1835 ; m. Lizzie Read, Nov. 14, 1^66. His second mar- 
riage was to Delia E. Bingham, dau. of Andrew R. Bing- 
ham of Norwich, Conn. He held the position of Register 
of the United States Land Office at Marysville, Cal., from 
1865 until 1875. His present residence is at Maxwell, 
Colusa County, Cal. Children, all by first wife : — 

1 Genevieve, b. Marysville, Cal., Aug, 31, 1867. 

2 Lizzie M., b. " Sept. 17, 1869; d. 
Oct. 24, 1877. 

3 Lucy D., b. Marysville, Cal, Aug. 19, 1871 ; d. Oct. 
16, 1877. 

4 Eletta R., b. Marysville, Cal, May 15, 1873; d. May 
20, 1875. 

(2) Julian M., b. West Cambridge, Mass., June 19, 
1837 ; d. Apr. 10, 1838. 

(3) Charles A., b. West Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 14, 
1839; m. Mary Norton, Mar. 19, 1863 ; was for a time en- 
gaged in farming ; afterward was in the employ of the 
Central Pacific railroad. He d. in Colusa County, Cal, 
Oct. 13, 1885. Children :— 

1 Charles F., b. Marysville, Cal, Dec. 11, 1863. 

2 Irena G., b. Weathersfield, III,' Feb. 11, 1865. 

(4) Harriet M., b. West Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 27, 
1843; m. James E. Boorman, Sept. 29, 1868; res. in 
Marysville, Cal. Two children. 

(5) Lucy M., b. West Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 11, 



280 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

1846; m. John S. Hutchins, Sept. 25, 1873; res. at Cen- 
tral House, Butte County, Cal. 

(6) Juliann L., b. West Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 21, 
1849; '""• Allen R. Palmer, Nov. 26, 1868; res. at Lower 
Lake, Cal. Three children. 

IL 

Hazen, b. Fishersfield (Newbury), June 5, 1813; m. 
Eliza A., dau. of Isaac Proctor of W., Jan. 10, 1838. He 
is a successful farmer and a liberal and public spirited cit- 
izen. He has resided* in Washington, Unity, Bradford, 
Weathersfield, Vt., and Putney, Vt., the last named town 
being his present place of residence. Children : — 

(i) Lucy A., b. W., Jan. 26, 1839; m. Moses C. In- 
galls of Bradford, Jan. 28, 1857; res. in Putney, Vt. 

(2) Eldora G., b. W., July i, 1850; d. in Putney, Vt., 
Apr. 10, 1867. 

III. 

Lucy, b. W., June 22, 181 5 ; d. in Manchester, in May, 
1882. 

IV. 

Matilda, b. W., July 13, 1817; d. in Boston, March 19, 
1868. 

V. 

Simon, b. W., May 4, 1819; m. in Boston to Hannah 
Gilman of Gilmanton, N. H., Nov. 13, 1845. They resid- 
ed in W., where he was a thrifty and prosperous farmer. 
He was a member of the board of selectmen of W. five 
years. His wife died May 13, 1872, and he again married 
Josephine M., dau. of Rev. Levi M. Powers of W., June 3, 
1873. They removed the same year to Amherst, where 
they still reside. 

VI. 

Mary B., b. W., Apr. 7, 1821 ; m. Dana Glidden of Mer- 
edith ; res. in Manchester. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 28I 

VII. 

Roxanna P., b. W., Aug. 8, 1823 ; m. Caleb Oilman, and 
2d, Roberts ; res. in Boston. 

VIII. 

Harriet, b. W., June 18, 1825 ; d. in West Newton, 
Mass., Oct 20, 1866. 

IX. 

Jonathan B., b. W., Sept. 23, 1827; d. June 19, 1863. 

X. 

Cyrus, b. W., Dec. 20, 1829; m. Almira Haruden, Oct. 
13, 1853. She died Feb. 13, 1865, in Weathersfield, Vt., 
and he m., 2nd, Martha M. Patterson, Mar. 18, 1866. He 
is a farmer and cabinet maker, and at present resides in 
North Reading, Mass. Children : — 

(1st wife) 
(i) Albert H., b. Reading, Mass., Nov. 5, 1855. 

(2) John A., b. Bradford, N. H., May 25, 1861. 

(2nd wife) 

(3) Cora B., b. Putney, Vt, Nov. 12, 1870. 

(4) Alfred S., b. Hartland, Vt, May 17, 1877. 

XI. 
John A., b. W., Aug. i, 1832 ; d. in W., Oct 5, 1837. 

BACHELDER. 

Orrin W. Bachelder was born in Meredith, Jan. 22, 
1829. He married Nancy C. Swett, Nov. 10, 1858. He 
resided for a time in Manchester, and came to Washington 
to reside in 1879. His wife died in 1885, and the same 
year he removed from town. Children : — 

I. 
Willard P., b. Saco, Me., Aug. 13, 1861. 

II. 
Herbert S., b. Manchester, Sept 29, 1864. 



202 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

BACOK 

By the records of Washington it appears that Moses 
Bacon held office in 1783, but nothing further is known of 
him. 

Jeremiah Bacon was a resident of Washington as early 
as 1785, in which year he held the office of highway sur- 
veyor. Where he resided before his settlement in W.,is 
not known, but there is a strong probability that he came 
from the vicinity of Harvard, Mass. He lived two and a 
half miles north-west of East Washington, on the farm 
now known as the "Dole place." He sold his farm to 
David Dole and removed to Hancock near the commence- 
ment of the present century. Jeremiah Bacon married 
for his first wife, Betsey Davis, dau. of Josiah Davis and 
sister of Ebenezer and Timothy Davis, who settled near 
him on the west. His wife died Aug. 12, 1799, ^^^ ^^ 
was again married to Eunice Davis of Hancock, Dec. 11, 
1800. Soon after his second marriage he removed to 
Hancock, where he died May 2, 18 16, aged 62. His wife 
died March 13, 1840. During his residence in Washing- 
ton he appears to have been a prominent citizen and fre- 
quently held office. Children : — 

(1st wife.) 
I. 

Jeremiah, Jr., b. W., May 2, 1786; m. Betsey, dau. of 
James Davis of Hancock, Apr. 26, 1804; d. in Unadilla, 
N. Y. 

II. 

Thomas, b. W., Dec. 10, 1787. 

III. 

Willard, b. W., Aug. 14, 1789; m. Sibyl Gates; d. in 
W., Sept. 29, 1818; his widow d. in Hancock, May 21, 
1822. 

IV. 

Whiting, b. W., May 27, 1791 ; m. Lydia Davis, Sept. 
19, 1815 ; shed, in Unadilla, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1830; he 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 283 

m., 2nd, Sally Cogwin, Jan. 2, 1832, who d. in Waukegan, 
111., June 10, 1855. Whiting Bacon enlisted during the 
war of 1812, but was never called into active service. He 
resided in Unadilla, N. Y., Waukegan, III, and in Wiscon- 
sin. He d. in Unadilla, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1877. Children: — 

(1st wife) 

(i) J. Whiting, b. Unadilla, N. Y., Nov. 27, 18 [6. 

(2) Samuel D., b. Unadilla, N. Y., June i, 1818; m. 
Sophia A. Van Dyke, Sept. 23, 1856; tanner and farmer, 
and res. in Unadilla, N. Y. 

{3) Dennis, b. Unadilla, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1820. 

(4) FrankHn, b. " May 13, 1822. 

(5) LydiaA., b. " July 17, 1824. 
(C) Eliza R., b. '* July 3, 1826. 

(7) Delia M., b. " Sept. 5, 1830. 

(2nd wife) 

(8) Nancy, b. Unadilla, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1833. 

(9) Persis, b. " Dec. 9, 1834. 

(10) Willard, b. " Mar. 23, 1837. 

(11) John G., b Waukegan, 111., Feb. 12, 1840. 

V. 

Samuel, b. W., Apr. 25, 1793; m. Nancy Fairbanks, 
June 3, 1818, who d. June 25, 1824 ; he m., 2nd, Mrs. Ai- 
mer E. Tyler, who d. Aug. 15, 1879. His married life 
was spent in Harvard, Mass., where he died. Children : — 

(1st wife) 

(i) N. Maria, b. Harvard, Mass., July 3, 1819; d. Jan. 
3, 1884. 

(2) Sophia A., b. Harvard, Mass., Dec. 30, 1820; d. 
Oct. 28, 1880. 

(3) Sarah F., b. Harvard, Mass., July 16, 1822; res. 
state of New York. 

(2ud wife) 

(4) Lucia H., b. Harvard, Mass., Jan. 31, 1827; d. 
March 11, 1857. 



284 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(5) Samuel N., b. Harvard, Mass., Jan. 25, 1829; m. 
Sarah E. Harlow of Lawrence, Mass., Feb. 13, 1855 ; he 
resides in Londonville, N. Y., and is engaged in the man- 
ufacture of coffee and spices, and in the wholesale grocery 
trade in Albany, N. Y. 

(6) Joseph A., b. Harvard, Mass., Nov. 4, 1835 ; ^^ 
Cornelia B. Chase, Jan. 25, 1870; he d. Feb. 20, 1875. 

VI. 

Hezekiah, b. W., July 2, 1797; m. Mary George, Oct. 
17, 1820; during his childhood he lived in the home of 
Capt. Moses Dinsmore of W., and after his marriage he 
resided many years in W., in the Mountain district, where 
Moses D. Proctor afterward resided. He afterward re- 
moved to Massachusetts and resided in Harvard and New- 
ton. His death, which was caused by a fall from a load 
of hay, occurred in Harvard, Mass., Mar. 9, 1864; his 
wife d. Oct. ID, 1836. Children : — 

(i) Mary A. G., b. W., June 27, 1822 ; m. Newell 
Woodward, 1842, and res. in Newton Highlands, Mass. 

(2) Lydia L., b. W., Oct. i, 1823. 

(3) Jeremiah W., b. W., Apr. 7, 1826 ; m. Caroline E. 
Mitchell, Nov. 26, 1857 ; manufacturer of glue and res. in 
Harvard, Mass. 

(4) Elizabeth D., b. W., Nov. 26, 1831. 
• (2nd Avife) 

VII. 

Anna E., b. Hancock, ; m. Gilman Ames; lived 

and d. in New Ipswich. 

VIII. 

Newton, b. Hancock, ; m. , and 

went to Boston, where he lived many years ; afterward re- 
moved to Weston, Mass, where he died. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 285 

BAILEY. 

Richard Bailey came from Yorkshire, England, to 
America between the years 1630 and 1640, and located in 
Rowley, Mass. He was a member of the company who 
built the first mill for the manufacture of cloth in Amer- 
ica. He is said to have been a person of piety, and 
though but a boy when he came to this country, his com- 
panions on shipboard would call upon him to offer up 
prayers for their safety in the midst of storms. He died 
between the years 1647 and 1650. He married Ednah 
Holstead (?), who was the mother of one son. 

Joseph Bailey, son of Richard and Ednah Bailey, was 
born in Rowley, Mass., (now Groveland), between the 
years 1635 and 1640. He married Abigail and re- 
sided in Rowley, where he was held in high esteem by his 
townsmen. He held the office of selectman twenty-three 
years. He died Oct. 11, 1712. His wife died Nov. 17, 
1735- They were the parents of eight children. 

Elder R., second child of Joseph and Abigail Bailey, 
was born in Bradford, Mass., Sept. 30, 1675. He married 
Joanna Webster, Feb. 21, 1706. He was an active busi- 
ness man, and held town office twenty-five years. He was 
an active church member, and held the office of deacon. 
He died in Bradford, Mass., Nov. 19, 1748. They had 
nine children. Ebenezer, seventh child of Elder R. and 
Joanna Bailey, was born in Bradford, Mass., in 1719. But 
little is known of his family record save that he had a son. 

Jesse Bailey, born in Haverhill, Mass., in 1752. He 
was married about the year 1776 to Sarah Philbrick, and 
resided at South Weare, N. H., where he was engaged in 
farming. He died in South Weare, Jan. 10, 1836. His 
wife died Dec. 17, r845. They were the parents of eleven 
or twelve children, all born in South Weare. 

Samuel Philbrick Bailey, second child of Jesse and 
Sarah Bailey, was born in South Weare, Feb. 27, 1780. 



286 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

He married for his first wife, Betsey Balch, in 1802, by 
whom he had five children. She died Nov. 10, 181 3, and 
he was again married to Betsey Harriman, in 18 16, by 
whom he had five children. She died July 30, 1867. In 
1 80 1, the year before his first marriage, he removed to 
Washington, and built the first house and cleared the land 
on the farm where he ever afterward resided, and which 
is now the home of his son, Jesse F. Bailey. 

He was a man of superior intelligence, and was well ed- 
ucated for the times in which he lived. He served the 
town several years as selectman, and was a deacon in the 
Christian church at the west part of the town. In 18 18, 
he became a member of Mount Vernon Lodge of Free and 
Accepted Masons, which was then located in Washington, 
and was for many years its secretary. When advancing 
years compelled him to give up active labor he spent much 
time in literary work. He wrote many acrostics, which 
he furnished to his friends in all parts of the country. He 
continued to use his pen until he celebrated his one 
hundredth birthday, and his penmanship to the close of 
his life would have been creditable to a man of middle life. 
As the time drew near when he would attain his one 
hundredth birthday, the lodge of Masons, which had re- 
moved to Newport, and of which he had beeai so long an 
honored member, decided that the day ought not to pass 
without an appropriate celebration. Accordingly, prepara- 
tions were at once begun. The Masonic fraternity in the 
surrounding towns united with Mount Vernon Lodge to 
make the occasion one of the most noteworthy celebra- 
tions that had ever occurred in Washington. 

Early in the day a lodge was instituted in the town hall, 
in which the venerable member took a part. The doors 
were then thrown open to the public, and the hall was 
soon filled with the friends and neighbors of the centena- 
rian. Frank A. Rawson, master of Mount Vernon Lodge, 
presided. The exercises consisted of an address by Rev. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 287 

Henry Powers of Manchester, and congratulatory speeches 
by Hon. Mason W. Tappan of Bradford, Hon. Levi W. 
Barton, Shepard L. Bowers, Esq., and Albert S. Wait, Esq., 
of Newport, and Col. Frank H. Pierce of Hillsborough. A 
communication was read by the Masonic lodge of Athol, 
Mass., by Ira Bailey, a son of Mr. Bailey, and an original 
poem by Jesse F. Bailey, another son. An elegant easy 
chair, and an autograph album containing the names of all 
the Masons present, and who represented twenty lodges, 
were presented to the guest by his Masonic brethren. Mr. 
Bailey occupied a seat on the platform, surrounded by 
Capt. Charles French, one of his neighbors, aged ninety- 
five, and other aged persons. 

The health of Deacon Bailey continued very good until 
the following July, when he was attacked with dysentery, 
which caused his death, July 12, 1880. Children: — 

(1st wife) 
I. 

Clarissa, b. New Boston, Nov. 27, 1802 ; m. Elder James 
Hudson of Gilsum ; d. Oct 6, 1829. 

II. 

Oilman, b. W., Oct. 16, 1804; m. Sarah Edes of Hills- 
borough, Dec. 28, 1826 ; she d. July 18, 1847, and he was 
again marrfed to Lucy Barnes, dau. of Eber Barnes of 
Hillsborough, Jan. 20, 1848 ; she d. in Hillsborough, Aug. 
30, 1881. Oilman Bailey resided many years in W., and 
was an industrious and successful farmer ; he now resides 
with his son in Kansas City, Mo. Children : — 

(1st wife) 

(i) Samuel E., b. W., Jan. 21, 1828 ; m. Bettie E. Car- 
penter, Nov. II, 1852; has res. many years in Redwood 
Falls, Minn., where he is engaged in the hotel and livery 
business. Children : — 

1 Clara J., b. Washington, May 11, 1854. 

2 Jessie F., b. " Feb. 23, 1856. 



288 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

3 Nellie E., b. Washington, Dec. ii, 1859. 

4 Harry H., b. Redwood Falls, Minn., Dec. 13, 1874. 

(2) Gilman, b. Dalton, N. H., Aug. 5, 1830; d. March 
23, 1835. 

(3) Catherine E., b. Dalton, N. H., Aug. 9, 1842 ; m. 
Leonard J. Russell, Apr. 19, 1855 ; res. Westfield, Mass. 

(4) Gilman P., b. Feb. 24, 1835 ; m. Clara G. Smith, 
July 9, 1859; d. in Prescott, Wis., May 13, 1869. He had 
two sons. 

(5) Mary J., b. Feb. 4, 1837 ; m. Dexter B. Bailey, July 
4, 1855; d. in Prescott, Wis., Sept. 29, i860. 

(6) Hiram J., b. W., July 12, 1839; m. Samantha A. 
Wheeler of Lyndeborough, Aug. 10, i860 ; he is a con- 
tractor and builder and resides in Burlington, Vt. Children : 

1 Elmer B., b. Lake City, Minn., Sept. 22, 1862. 

2 Florence M., b. Burlington, Vt., July 3, 1864. 

3 Willie A., b. " July 24, 1879; d. 
Sept. 7, 1882. 

(7) David H., b. W., Feb. 7, 1847; m. Alice E. Mc- 
Cafferty of Columbus, Wis., Aug. 5, 1874; he res. in Kan- 
sas City, Mo. 

(2nd wife) 

(8) Sarah M., b. W., May 21, 1849. 

(9) Lawrence B., b. W., Aug. 6, 185 1; m. Lucelia, 
dau. of Israel and Mary B. Proctor of W., Feb, 22, 1877; 
for a time he was engaged in trade in Hillsborough; he 
now resides in Kansas City, Mo., where he is manager of 
the western department of the publishing house of D. 
Appleton & Co., of New York City, for the sale of the 
American Cyclopedia. Children : — 

1 Fred L., b. Hillsborough, July 29, 1878. 

2 Mary L., b. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 3, 1886, . 

(10) Elon G., b. W., Aug. 27, 1853; carpenter, and re- 
sides in Redwood Falls, Minn. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 289 

III. 

David D., b. W., July 31, 1807; m. Phebe M. Ward, 
Nov. 27, 1834; has res. in W., but is now a resident of 
Hillsborough. Children : — 

(i) Sidney, b. W., July 29, 1835. 

(2) Josephine H., b. W., Jan. 6, 1837; m. Albert H, 
Griffin, Jan. 24, i860; res. Hillsborough. 

(3) Cynthia B., b. W., Nov. 3, 1838; m. Nathan H. 
Mann of Hillsborough, Sept. 30, 1862. 

(4) Arvin, b. W., June 14, 1841. 

(5) Sarahette, b. W., Jan. 8, 1844; m, Truman M, 
Straw of Concord, Sept. 22, 1866. 

IV. 
Cynthia, b. W., Apr. 5, 1809 ; m. Cyrus L. Barnes of 
Hillsborough, Aug. 18, 1831 ; d. Oct. 26, 1884. 

V. 

Betsey, b. W., Oct. 30, 181 3 ; d. May i, 1833. 

(2ucl wife) 

VI. 

David H. b. W., June 17, 1817; res. Vineland, N. J. 

VII. 

Alpha, b. W., Dec. 20, 1818 ; m. Hannah W. Jacobs, 
June, 1849; rss. in New Boston. Children : — 

(i) Emma F., b. New Boston, May 22, 1850; m. Ira 
M. Buxton; d. Feb. 5, 1880. 

(2) Philestes P., b. New Boston, Nov. 7, 1852; m. Lin- 
nie L. Tewksbury. 

{3) Florence C, b. New Boston, Sept. 9, 1855 ; m. 
John B. Lull. 

(4) Abbie A., b. New Boston, June 5, 1857; d. very 
young. 

VIII. 

Abigail, b. W., Aug. 31, 1820; m. George D. Winship, 
June 14, 1846 ; res. in Minn.; d. Feb. 7, 1880. 



290 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

IX. 

Jesse F., b. W., Mar. 6, 1823; m. Sarah E. Peckham, 
June 25, 185 I ; he resides on the farm where he was born, 
and cared for his aged father the last years of his life ; he 
is a prominent citizen, well educated, and public spirited ; 
he has served as superintendent of schools at different 
times. Child : — 

(i) Lena B., b. W., Mar. 28, 1877. 

X. 

Ira, b. W., June 12, 1825 ; m. Sarah E. Houghton, May 
4, 1852; res. in Athol, Mass., where he d. July 12, 1884. 
They never had children, save by adoption. 

Joseph Bailey, who was undoubtedly a descendant of 
Richard Bailey, previously mentioned as an emigrant from 
England, was born in Rowley, Mass., Feb. 28, 1772. He 
came to Washington near the commencement of the pres- 
ent century and resided for a time at East Washington, in 
a house which stood in what is now Mason H. Carr's mill 
yard. He also lived on the border of Hillsborough, where 
Mrs. D. P. Jones now resides. The last years of his life 
were spent with his daughter, Mrs. George W. Cheney, of 
East Washington. His first wife was Rhoda Pearsons, 
whom he married Jan. 17, 1794. She died July 14, 18 14, 
and he was again married to Mrs. Anna Rand, who d. in 
Hillsborough, Dec. 17, 1842. Joseph Bailey d. in W., Feb, 
14, 1862. His children, most of whom settled in the West 
and South, were : — 

(1st wife) 
I. 

Samuel G., b. Nov. 27, 1794. 

II. 

Daniel M., b. Dec. 11, 1796. 

III. 

Nathaniel, b. March 31, 1799. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 29I 

IV. 

James, b. Aug. 13, 1801. 

V. 
David, b. June 10, 1803. 

VI. 
Hannah, b. W., July 5, 1805 ; m. Geo. W. Cheney of 
W., where they afterward resided ; she d. Dec. 30, 1873. 

VII. 
Betsey, b. Jan. 6, 1808 ; d. in Hillsborough. 

VIII. 
Mary, b. Feb. 18, 18 11. 

(2Qd wife) 
IX. 
Josiah G., b. June 18, 1815 ; m. Catharine Barnes of 
Hillsborough in 1838 ; res. in Hillsborough some years, 
but now res. in Delavan, 111. Children : — 

(i) Jerome B., b. Hillsborough, 1839. 

(2) Henry A., b. " 1842. 

(3) Emma ]., b. " 1847. 

(4) Jennie G., b. Atlanta, 111., 1864. 

X. 

Ann R., b. May 11, 1817; m. Brown, and for 

her second husband, Lucius Case ; res. in Lincoln, Neb. 

BALL. 

The Ball family are descendants of John Ball, who was 
a resident of Concord, Mass., in 1640, having come from 
England that year. John Ball, the first of the name to 
settle in Washington, was the son of James, and grandson 
of Jeremiah Ball, and was born in Antrim, June 15, 1796. 
He married Rebecca Proctor, dau. of Joseph Proctor of 
Stoddard, Feb. 3, 18 18, and settled in his native town. 
They removed from Antrim to Washington in '1835, and 



292 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

settled on the farm which was first occupied by David 
Danforth, and which is situated near the eastern shore of 
Millen Pond. He was an industrious and highly respected 
citizen. He d. June 21, 1879. His wife d. Jan. 17, 1877. 
Children : — 

I. 

Dexter, b. Antrim, Dec. 3, 1818; m. Mrs. Hannah (Jefts) 
Brockway, widow of Ira Brockvvay of W.; with the excep- 
tion of two years spent in Acworth, they have res. in W. 
Children : — 

(i) Mirinda, b. W., Dec. 8, 1839; d. June 10, 1840. 

{2) George D., b. W., May 31, 1841 ; m. Adaline, dau. 
of Nathan Cram, Feb. 8, i860; d. in W. Mar. 9, 1867. 
Child :— 

I Lizzie E., b. June 14, 1864. 

(3) John M., b. W., Oct. 13, 1843 ; d, Mar. 28, 1857. 

(4) Henry A., b. Acworth, Dec. i, 1845 ; d. July 16, 
1846. 

(5) Orrin W., b. W., May 20, 1848; d. Jan. 23, 1865. 

(6) Sumner N., b. W., June 3, 1854; m. Carrie B. 
Brooks, Nov. 26, 1884 ; res. Antrim, where he is editor and 
proprietor of the Antrim Reporter. 

(7) Arlow J., b. VV., Dec. 14, 1856 ; d. in W., Jan. 17, 
1886. 

11. 

John, Jr., b. Antrim, Apr. 27, 1822 ; d. in childhood. 

III. 

Nehemiah, b. Antrim, Feb. i, 1823 ; m. Sylvia Perkins 
of W., Sept. 22, 1847; i"cs. in W., where he d. Nov. 6, 
1853. Child :— 

(i) Elmira J., , , 

IV. 

Worcester H., b. Antrim, Oct. 30, 1825 ; m. Lydia A. 
Allen of Cabot, Vt., in 1848, who d. Mar. 13, 1885 ; he 
again m, Jane Drescher of Westerly, R. I., Nov. 5, 1885 ; 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 293 

he has res. mahy years in W., and is engaged in black- 
smithing and farming. Children : — 

(i) Albert F., b. W., Feb. i, 1849 ; m- Etta C. Brack- 
ett, Oct. 5, 1870, who d. Aug. 20, 1871 ; he again m. 
Emma L. Goodwin ; he d. Mar. 30, 1876. 

(2) Henry A., b. W., Sept. 13, 1856; d. July 23, 1858. 

(3) Ella J., b. W., July i, 1854; m. J. Frisbie Farns- 
worth, Dec. 24, 1876; res. in Westerly, R. I. 

V. 

Rosanna, b. Antrim, Oct. i, 1827; m. Sumner Fair- 
banks, May 14, 1846; d. in Wisconsin, Jan. 10, 1853. 

VI. 
Allen W., b. Antrim, July 25, 1829 ; m. Frances J., dau. 
of Leonard Bradford of W., Dec. 28, 1855 ; res. in W., 
where he d. Jan. 13, 1867. Child : — 

(i) Lester A., b. W., Mar. 22, 1857 ; res. in W. 

VII. 
Melville, b. Antrim, Apr. 13, 1831 ; m. Emily J. Kidder 
of Walpole, Oct. 15, 1853 ; d. in W., Jan. 11, 1863. 

VIII. 
Rebecca R., b. Antrim, Apr. i, 1834; m. Andrew J. 
Barney of W., Nov. 21, 1857 ; d. Nov. 21, 1858. 



BANNER. 

George H. Banner was born in Worcester, Mass., 
Apr. 26, 1834. His father was Peter Banner, and his 
grandfather came to Boston, from London, in 1794. He 
came to Washington in 1870, and resided on the hill, 
south-west of the village at the center of the town, where 
his widow still resides. He married Mrs. Emily F. 
(Winn) Barnes, Dec. 17, 1868. Previous to his settlement 
in W., he was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion. He 
died Jan. 2, 1882. 



294 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

BAimES. • 

Elisha Barnes, a native of Massachusetts, came from 
Henniker to Washington about the year 1821, and resided 
at the south-east part of the town, on the farm where Gil- 
man Bailey afterward resided. He remained in W., until 
1825, when he returned to Henniker. Two of his sons 
became residents of Washington, viz.: — 

I. 

William, b. Henniker, about 1804 ; m. Maria, dau. of 
Andrew Jones of W., about the year 183 1 ; res. in W., 
where he d. Mar. 29, 1849, aged 45 years. 

II. 

John, b. Henniker, Sept. 15, 1805 ; came to W. in 1821, 
and has resided here a considerable part of the time since. 

Cyrus S. Barnes was the son of Eber Barnes, and was 
born in Hillsborough, Aug. 26, 1807. He married Cyn- 
thia, dau. of Dea. Samuel P. Bailey of W., in 1831 ; res. in 
W., where he was employed as a wheelwright. He sub- 
sequently resided in Nashua, New Boston, and other 
places ; he d. in Concord, Mar. 22, 1864. 

Darius Y. Barnes, son of Joseph Barnes, was born in 
Merrimack, Feb. — , 1831. He married Mary M., dau. of 
Gardner Codman, and came to Washington to reside in 
1857, and is still a resident of the town. Children : — 

I. 

Lydia E., b. W., Dec. 7, 1853; m. Hiram C. Gilman, 
and res. in Lowell, Mass. 

II. 

Ada J., b. W., Apr. 26, 1858 ; m. John McEwan, and 
res, in Lowell, Mass. 

III. 

Addie M., b. W., Mar. 29, i860; m. Benj. C. Young, 
Apr. 10, 1876; res. in W. 

IV. 

Mary E., b. W., Feb. 26, 1862. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 295 

V. 

Laura L., b. Nashua, Oct. 7, 1871 ; d. in W., July 6, 
1885. 

BARNEY. 

Thomas Barney came from Sudbury, Mass., and settled 
in Washington, on the farm which was subsequently owned 
by Thomas Metcalf, Amos Russell, and its present occupant, 
Stephen M. Farnsworth. Just when he came is not known, 
though it must have been at a very early date and when 
he was advanced in life. The date of his death is not 
known, but it is believed to have occurred about the com- 
mencement of the present century. Several of his child- 
ren also came from Sudbury and settled in Washington, 

as follows : 

I. 

John, b. Sudbury, Mass., about 1752 ; m. Comfort Spar- 
hawk of Natick, Mass.; came to W. about the year 1784, 
and settled on the high land at the south part of the town, 
on the farm where Mark F. Hill now resides ; his wife d. 
Nov. 23, 1820, and he married for his second wife, Lucy 
N. Barrett of Nelson. His later years were spent on the 
farm "known as the "Captain Draper place," in the same 
neighborhood where he first settled. He d. July 8, 1841, 
aged 89 years. His second wife d. in Sullivan, in June, 
1880. Children : — 

(i) Patty, b. Sudbury, Mass., about 1780; m. Jona. 
Danforth of W., Apr. 4, 1805 ; d. in W., July 9, 1827, 
aged 47 years. 

(2) John, Jr., b. W., in 1784 or 1785 ; m. Margaret 
Murdough of Hillsborough, in 1805; res. many years at 
the south part of the town, where James Barney afterward 
lived and died. They removed to Marlborough, Mass., 
and later to Hancock, N. H., where he d. Mar, 22, 1873 ; 
his wife d. May 25, 1871. Children : — 

I Orra, b. W., Oct. 6, 1805, 



296 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

2 Melvin, b. W., Jan. 15, 1807 ; m. Nancy M. Thomp- 
son of Stoddard, Nov. 26, 1829. He is a farmer and has 
res. in Washington, Southborough, Mass., and Mason, N. 
H., the last named place being his present place of resi- 
dence. Children : — 

Prentiss T., b. W., Mar. 13, 1831. 

Edwin F., b. W., Aug. 18, 1834. 

Walter S., b. W., Feb. 23, 1836. 

George F., b. W., Aug. 28, 1837. 

Helen M., b. Southborough, Mass., Apr. 17, 1841. 

Wm. E., b. Southborough, Mass., Dec. 16, 1843. 

John W^, b. Southborough, Mass., Dec. 16, 1844. 

Betsey J., b. Southborough, Mass., July 17, 1846. 

3 John, b. W., Apr. 26, 1810; m. Sarah Farnsworth 
of W., May 10, 1833 ; res. in W. many years, but now res. 
in Nashua. Children : — 

Hiram T., b. W., Mar. 26, 1835 ; res. in Boston. 
William, b. W., about 1837 ; d. Feb. 24, 1841, aged 4 yrs. 
Charles, b. W., about 1838 ; d. June 24, 1840, aged 2 yrs. 
Henry H., b. W., Oct. 21, 1840; res. in Nashua. 
PVank A., b. W., Apr. 20, 1844 ; res. in Nashua. 

4 Sparrowk, b. W., , 1812 ; m. Frances Somlinson, 

Apr. 23, 1839; she d. in Boston, Oct. 26, 1845 ; he was 
again m. to Laura F. Bowers, Dec. 31, 1846, who d. Oct. 
14, 1849; his third marriage was to Betsey Paul, Oct. 3, 
1852 ; she d. Jan. 9, 1881 ; Sparrowk Barney d. in Marl- 
borough, Mass., Dec. 7, 1876. Children : — 

(1st wife) 
Frances H., b. Boston, Feb. 10, 1841 ; d. Mar. 26, 1847. 

(2iicl wife) 
Laura F., b. Marlborough, Mass., Aug. 27, 1849. 

5 Stearns, b. W., Feb. 6, 1819 ; m. Albina Graves of 
Unity, Feb. 15, 1843 ; res. in Boston and has been a mem- 
ber of the Boston police since 1852 ; his wife d. in Boston, 
Oct. 26, 1864. Children : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 297 

Arthur A., b. Boston, Jan. 23, 1846 ; d. May 29, 1847. 

Clarence A., b. " June 19, 1848. 

Arthur F., b. " Oct. 4, 1851. 

Florence E., b. " June 28, 1856 ; d. in Unity, N. H., 
Jan. 16, 1858. 

Emma F., b. Boston, June 17, 1858 ; d. in Southborough, 
Mass., Oct. 26, 1868. 

Nettie E., b. Boston, Aug. 30, 1861. 

6 Ozias, b. W., . 

7 Emily, b. W., . 



8 Lyman, b. W., Oct. 17, 1827 ; m. Maria H. Putney, 
a native of Goshen, in 1851 ; his second wife is Julia S. 
Breed, whom he m. in 1872 ; he has res. principally in W. 
and Unity ; he now res. in Unity. Children : — 

(1st wife) 

Jane A., b. Marlborough, Mass., Jan. 15, 1855. 
Elmita L., b. Unity, July 16, 1856. 
Emily A., b. W., Jan. 25, 1858. 
Inez J., b. W., Oct. 16, i860. 

(2nd wife) 

Lyman N., b. W., Dec. i, 1872. 
Millard F., b. Unity, Apr. 2, 1875. 
Julia S., b. Unity, Apr. 5, 1883. 

9 Sarah J., b. W., May 23, 1831 ; m. Robert B. Ames, 
May 22, 1850; res. Marlborough, Mass. 

(3) Sally, b. W., June 19, 1785 ; m. Wm. W. Wooley 
of Westminster, Vt., May 15, 1803. 

(4) Supply, b. W., July 22, 1786; m. Catharine, dau. of 
James Faxon of W., Jan. 20, 18 14. He was a farmer and 
res. in W., on the farm in the South district once occu- 
pied by Church Tabor, but now owned by Supply Barney, 
Jr. He d. in W., Mar. 3, 1862 ; his wife d. Dec. 3, 1873. 
Children : — 



298 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

1 James, b. W., Mar, 24, 181 5; m. Emeline Huntley 
of Marlow, Nov. 5, 1840. He was a farmer and always 
res. in W.; he was an influential and popular citizen of 
the town, and was many times elected to serve as a mem- 
ber of the board of selectmen ; he also represented the 
town in the legislature ; he d. Nov. 24, 1875 ; his wife d. 
May 18, 1874. Children: — 

Alfred J., b. W., Apr. 28, 1845 ; m. Celia Spaulding of 
W., in March, 1867 ; their only child is Agnes L., b. W., 
May 7, 1868. 

Wra. H., b. W., Sept. 30, 1847; ^- Diska Sparling of 
Acworth, Dec. 9, 1875 ; res. in Acworth. 

Luthera C, b. W., Dec. 11, 1848; m. George H. 
Fletcher of W., July 4, 1866; res. Rhode Island. 

Cathie C, b. W., Jan. 10, 1851 ; m. Luther Wilkins. 

Frank P., b. W., May 23, 1856 ; m. Minnie Wilber ; res, 
Acworth. 

2 Catherine, b. W., Sept. 16, 1817 ; d. Dec. 9, 1837. 

3 Supply, Jr., b. W., Aug. 25, 1819 ; m. Mary J. This- 
sell, Nov. 14, 1865 ; res. in W. Children : — 

Maybelle C, b. Boston, Aug. 19, 1866; d. June 5, 1884. 
Gertie M., b. W., Nov. 19, 1869. 
Blanche M., b. W., Jan. 14, 1872 ; d. Apr. 30, 1884. 
Bessie P., b. W., July 16, 1878 ; d. May 22, 1884. 
Genevie C. T., b. W., Sept. 25, 1880 ; d. June 4, 1884. 
Winfield S., b. W., Nov. 16, 1883. 

4 Alfred, b. W., Mar. 4, 1822 ; d. Dec. 3, 1837. 

5 Horace, b. W., July 10, 1825 ; d. Sept. 4, 1850. 

6 Andrew J., b. W., Dec. 15, 1827 ; m. Rebecca, dau. 
of John Ball of W., Nov. 21, 1857, who d. Nov. 21, 1858. 
His second wife is Sarah A. Lewis, whom he married Oct. 
24, 1861. He is a farmer, and after residing in his native 
town many years, removed to Hillsborough, where he still 
resides. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 299 

7 Isaac C, b. W., July 20, 1834 ; d. in the South, Mar. 
18, 1859. 

(5) Timothy, b. W., Feb. 7, 1789; m. Sally Proctor of 
Stoddard in 18 18, who d. Feb. 11, 1821 ; he again m. 
Theodosia Kingsbury of Langdon, Feb. 10, 1822. Here- 
sided in W., on the farm where his father settled, and 
which is now the home of Mark F. Hill. He d. in W., 
Apr. 23, 1838. His widovy m. Amos Adams of Surry, 
Mar. 1 1, 1842, and soon after removed to that town. She 
d. in Marlow, May 3, 1879, Children by second wife ; — 

1 George, b. W., Nov. 25, 1822; m. Adaline Trow of 
Goshen, Jan. 4, 1855. She d. Apr. 28, 1863, and he again 
married Lucy Farrington of Greenfield, Jan. 5, 1864. He 
lived many years in Hancock, but finally removed to 
Nashua, where he d. June. 6, 1879. ^^ ^^^ one dau. by 
his first wife. 

2 Franklin, b. W., Mar. 30, 1824; res. in Hancock. 

3 Jefferson, b. W., July 4, 1826 ; res. in Hancock. 

4 Sarah, b. W., Jan. 9, 1828; m. Wallace Sawyer of 
Hancock, Jan. 4, 1855 ; d. Oct. 12, 1863. 

5 Julia A., b. W., Nov. 11, 1830; m. Silas P. Gleason 
of W., Sept. 7, 1854; d. Nov. 6, 1856. 

6 Aurelia A., b. W., Jan. 17, 1833 ; d. May 14, 1864. 

7 Lucy, b. W., May 24, 1835 ; m. Benjamin F. Knight 
of Marlow, Sept. 22, 1854; res. in Marlow. 

(6) Comfort, b. W., Oct. 14, 1791 ; m. Dea. Seth Ad- 
ams of W., Nov. II, 1813 ; res. in W.; d. May 13, 1867. 

(7) Polly, b. W., Jan. 8, 1795 ; d. Apr. 7, 18 17. 

II. 

Supply, b. Sudbury, Mass., 1755 I ^- Mary Ken- 
dall ; settled in Washington on the farm where his grand- 
son, Amory P. Wright, now resides; he died in 1836; his 
wife d. in 185 1. Child : — 



300 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(i) Polly, b. W., Nov. 14, 1795 ; m. Charles Wright; 
lived in W.; d. Dec. 16, 1879. 

III. 

Levi, b. Sudbury, Mass., about 1762; m. Elizabeth 
Chase, and was a resident of Washington as early as 1784. 
He lived on the farm at the south part of the town where 
Mrs. George D. Reed now resides. He afterward lived 
in Marlow and Lempster, Children : — 

(i) Levi, Jr., b. W., Jan. 11, 1784; d. in Alstead. 

(2) Betsey, b. W., Oct. 15, 1785 ; m. Daniel Brown ; d. 
in Alstead, Apr. 25, 1870. 

(3) Polly, b. W., Jan. 15, 1789; d. in Goshen. 

(4) Thomas, b. Marlow, Aug. 7, 1792 ; d. in Georgia, Vt. 

(5) Joseph H., b. Lempster, Nov. 24, 1797; m. Polly 
M. Campbell, Aug. i, 1816; d. in Winchester, N. H. 
Children : — 

1 LTenry C, b. Oct. 17, 1817; d. Feb. 'i, 1820, in 
Hartford, Vt. 

2 Frances C, b. Acworth, June 5, 182 1; d. in Man- 
chester, Feb. 28, 1864. 

3 Alvah W., b. W., Feb. 27, 1824; res. in Keene. 

4 Nancy E., b. Acworth, Sept. 28, 1828; res. Brattle- 
boro, Vt. 

5 Mary M., b. Acworth, July 25, 1832; d. in Provi- 
dence, R. I., Apr. 26, 1868. 

6 Abilene S., b. Goffstown, Sept. 13, 1840; d. in Ac- 
worth, P'eb. 19, 1885. 

(6) Harvey, b. Lempster, Apr. 27, 1804; m. Eleanor 
Waldron, Sept. 24, 1824; she d. June 9, 1878. He resided 
some years in Washington with his father, and also kept 
a hotel at the center of the town ; he now res. in Alstead. 
Children : — 

1 Henry, b. July 10, 1825 ; d. Apr. 9, 1875. 

2 Daniel W., b. Aug. 12, 1827. 

3 Lafayette M., b. Oct. 20, 1832. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 3OI 

BARRETT. 

Charles Barrett, son of Isaac Barrett, was born in Stod- 
dard about the year 1797. He married, and settled in 
Washington, about a mile west of Russell's Mill, near what 
is called Mud, or Barrett Pond. He died in Washington, 
Mar. I, 1865, aged 68 yrs. His wife died in Manchester. 
Children : — 

I. 

Nancy S., b. W., about 1822. The place where she was 
born was in a remote part of the town, in the neighbor- 
hood of large tracts of forest land. When a small child, 
three or four years of age, she became lost in this dark 
forest. Search was made, the woods being filled with men 
from Washington and Marlow. Night set in, dark and 
rainy, and no trace of the missing child was to be found. It 
was not until the next day that she was found, so chilled as 
to be unable to stand without support. She recovered, 
grew up to womanhood, and was married to Chas, W. 
Adams, and resides in Barnstead. 

II. 

Olive R., b. W., ; res. in Manchester. 

III. 

Clarissa C, b. W., ; married and settled in the 

West. 

IV. 

Cyrus A., b. W., ; res. in Deering. 

. Alonzo Barrett came from Stoddard to Washington and 
resided in the south district, near the place where James 
Barney resided. He was the son of John Barrett, and 
was born Jan. 28, 1807. He married Eliza Peacock. 
After residing in Washington some years he removed to 
Nelson. Children : — 

I. 
Adaline, b. , Apr. 21, 1833 ; m. Blanding. 



302 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

II. 

Rufus, b. , Apr. 27, 1835 ; d. in Marlow. 

III. 
William W., b. , Apr. 13, 1837 ; d. in Munsonville. 

IV. 

Almira B., b. , Apr. 21, 1839. 

V. 
Susan, b. , Mar. 9, 1842. 



BAKROX. 

Oakey J. Barron is the son of John Barron, and was 
born in Stoddard, Mar. 21, 1834. He married Cynthia E. 
Jefts, Dec. 26, 1858, and became a resident of W. about 
the year i860. He now resides in Hillsborough. Children : 

I. 

Emma E., b. , Oct. 12, 1859; d. Oct. 12, 1864. 

II. 
Edgar J., b. , Oct. 27, 1861 ; d. Oct. 11, 1864. 

III. 

Ernest A., b. , Apr. 13, 1871. 

BEARD. 

Charles W. Beard is the son of William Beard, and was 
born in Reading, Mass., March 16, 1844. He married 
Laura Dake in 1861; became to Washington in 188:3, 
where he has since resided. Children : — 

I. 
Nettie M., b. Reading, Mass., Apr. 22, 1867. 

II. 
Cora A., b. Reading, Mass., Apr. '9, 1869. 

III. 
Charles W., b. Morrisville, Vt., Apr. 11, 1871. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 303 

IV. 

Grace L., b. Johnson, Vt., July 20, 1873. 

V. 
Laura M., b. Waterville, Vt, Oct. i, 1875. 

VI. 
Elmer A., b. Washington, 



BELL. 

William Bell was a resident of Washington as early as 
1795. He resided at the south-east part of the town, on 
the farm now owned by George W. Blanchard. Nothing 
is known of the later years of his life. Children ; — 

I. 

Reuben, b. W., June 5, 1795. 

II. 

Rhoda, b. W., Sept. 7, 1797. 

III. 

Franklin, b. W., Jan. 28, 1799. 

IV. 

Charles, b. W., Aug. 30, 1801. 

V. 

Samuel, b. W., Feb. 7, 1804. 

John Bell lived near Long Pond, not far from the spot 
where William Bell resided. He married Harriet Phil- 
brick, dau. of Jonathan Philbrick of Washington, by whom 
he had the following children : — 

I. 

Bradbury E., o. W., Feb. 21, 1809. 

JL 

Angeline, b. W., Nov. 15, 1810. 

III. 

Abigail, b. Weare, Sept. 21, 18 15. 



304 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Samuel P., b. W., Aug. lo, 1817; went to Savannah, 
Ga., about 1836 or 1837, and became the business partner 
of his uncle, Samuel Philbrick, who had gone from Wash- 
ington to Savannah some years before. He married Sarah 
J. Hills of Savannah in 1844, by whom he had six children. 

V. 

Davidson, b. W., May 24, 18 19. 

VI. 
Enoch B., b. W., Mar. 2, 1821. 

BENNETT. 

William Bennett settled in Washington about the year 
1 817, on the farm now occupied by Amasa Fairbanks and 
Charles Carley. He was born Nov. 25, 1785, in Massa- 
chusetts, but the town where he was born is not certainly 
known. He married Sarah, dau. of Simon Lowell of W., 
Dec. 31, 18 1 7. After residing some years on the Goshen 
turnpike, they removed to the Mountain district and lived 
on the Dow farm, which is now the home of Clinton D. 
Fowler. His wife died May 13, 1846, aged 62. William 
Bennett died in Hillsborough, Feb. 27, 1863. Both are 
buried in Washington. Children : — 

I. 

William, Jr., b. W., Sept. 27, 18 18 ; m. Ruth C. Wilkins, 
Dec. 21, 1847, and resided in Hillsborough, where he d. 
July II, 1862. His widow m. Jesse Goodell, and resides 
in Antrim. Children : — 

(i) Clara L., b. Hillsborough, Oct. 2, 1848; d. July 
21, 1850. 

(2) Sarah E., b. Hillborough, Dec. 9, 1852; d. Oct. 
21, 1873 

(3) Frank W., b. Hillsborough, Apr. 19, 1854; res. 
Hillsborough. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 305 

(4) Alfred C, b. Hillsborough, Dec. i6, 1856. 

(5) Ida L., b. " Apr. 19, 1858; res. An- 
trim. 

(6) Ellen G., b. Hillsborough, May 5, 1859; res. Brad- 
ford. 

II. 
James, b. W., May 30, 1820; m. Sarah A. Barrett, and 
resides in Marlow. Childrep : — 

(i) Sarah M., b. Antrim, Oct. 23, 1852; res. Marlow. 

(2) Clarinda M., b. Antrim, July 19, 1855 ; d, July 15, 
1865. 

(3) John L., b. Stoddard, Nov, 24, 1857; res. Marlow. 

(4) Mary E., b. Stoddard, Mar. 5, i860. 

(5) Julia A., b. Marlow; Aug. 22, 1862. 

(6) Jennie L., b. Marlow, Dec. 26, 1866. 

(7) Ida J., b. Marlow, Mar. 20, 1869. 

(8) Bessie P., b. Marlow, July 30, 1871. 

(9) Helen E., b. Marlow, Oct. 25, 1875 ; d. June 4, 1876. 

(10) Charles H., b. Marlow, Aug. 23, 1877. 

III. 

Sarah L., b. W., July 30, 1822; m. James M. Wilkins, 
Oct. 4, 1854, and res. in Hillsborough; d. Oct. — , 1865. 

IV. 

Eliza F., b. W., Apr. 10, 1824; d. July 10, 1856. 



BENTON. 

Elbridge G, Benton, son of Peter Benton, was born in 
Bradford, June 27, 1831. He came to Washington before 
his marriage, and has since resided here. He is a mill- 
wright, and is considered one of the best mechanics in 
this region. He has served the town at different times 
as selectman. He married Nancy ]., dau. of Joel Sev- 
erance of Washington, Jan, i, 1856. 



306 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

BLANCIIAT^D. 

Joshua Blanchard was born in Deering about the 
year 1775. He married Rhoda Colby and settled in 
Washington in 1798 or 1799, on the farm now occupied 
by his grandson, George W. Blanchard. He continued 
to reside in Washington until his death, which occurred 
Dec. 7, i860, at the age of eighty-five years. His wife d. 
Dec. II, 1848, aged 76 years. Children: — 

I. 

Roxanna, b. Feb. 11, 1798; m. Isaac Fletcher of Nel- 
son, June 12, 1828; res. in Antrim twenty-five years; d. 
in Antrim Feb. 13, 1883. 

II. 

Elijah, b. W., Apr. 30, 1800; m. Polly, dau. of Maj. Na- 
thaniel Friend of Stoddard, Dec. 26, 1826; they resided 
in W., on the Capt. Jonathan Philbrick farm, which is now 
owned by Wallace W. Dole ; he was a prominent citizen ; 
he died in Hillsborough, June 2, 1880. Children : — 

(i) Nathaniel F., b. W., Feb. 11, 1828*; m. Helen Lu- 
ther of Pittsburg, N. H., Nov. 12, 1864. Child : — 

I Gertrude G., b. Apr. 12, 1874. 

(2) Nancy M., b. W., July 17, 1830; m. Jona. Dan- 
forth, July i, 1852; res. in Francistown. 

(3) Rhoda A., b. W., Nov, 14, 1832 ; m. Orlando Huse 
of Manchester, Nov. 8, 1868; res. in Hillsborough. 

(4) Mary J., b. W., Oct. 27, 1836; m. W. Edwin Gay 
of Hillsborough, ; res. in Hillsborough. 

(5) Julia E., b. W., Jan. i, 1840; m. R. Duncan Gay 
of Manchester, Dec. 22, 1862; res in Manchester, 

III. 

Samuel, b. W., Oct. 17, 1804; m. Hannah W. Friend, 
dau. of Maj. Nathaniel Friend of Stoddard, Mar. 24, 1829. 
She d. Feb. 22, 1840, and he was again married to Caro- 
line Pollard of Dempster, Sept. 4, 1843. After his first 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 307 

marriage he settled in Lempster, where he has since re- 
sided. Children : — 

(i) Gadriella A. (adopted), b. May lo, 1831 ; m. Amos 
C. Holt, Jan 25, 1849; ^es. in Hillsborough, where he d. 
Oct. 28, 1874; his widow still res. in Hillsborough. 

(2) Sumner, b. Lempster, Jan. 19, 1834; m. Jennie 
Boynton of Mason ; res. in Wilton. Child : — 

I Samuel, b. Jan. 12, 1870. 

(3) Isaac, b. Lempster, Nov. 3, 1838 ; m. Clara Bailey of 
Unity, Sept. 6, 1863; d. June 7, 1883. His family reside 
in Claremont. Children : — 

1 Ora, b. Sept. 19, 1865. 

2 Arthur, b. Nov. 20, 1867. 

3 Florence, b. Oct. 6, 1870. 

(2ncl wife) 

(4) Frank, b. Lempster, Sept. 4, 1847; d. June 13, 
1876 (?). 

(5) Fred, b. Lempster, Jan. 22, 1849; m. Emma Mur- 
ry, Aug. 20, 1873; res. Weathersfield, Vt. Children: — 

1 Carrie, . 

2 Nellie, . 

IV. 
Lsaac, b. W., Mar. 5, 1807 ; m. Abigail Pollard of Lemp- 
ster ; d. in W., Feb. 13, 1853 ; he left one daughter. 

V. 

Silas, b. W., Dec. 27, 1809; m. Martha J. Smith of 
Windsor, in September, 1831 ; she d Dec. 31, 1861 ; his 
second wife is Roxanna Jones, dau. of Nehemiah Jones, 
whom he married in 1865. He resided in Washington 
until 1870, when he removed to Windsor, where he now 
resides. Children : — 

(i) George W., b. W., June 26, 1832; m. Sarah M. 
Russell of Lowell, June 26, 1862 ; res. in W., on the farm 
where his grandfather settled. Children : — 



308 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

1 Everett E., b. W., June 14, 1864. 

2 Harris E., b. W., Sept. 25, 1865 ; d. Sept. 21, 1866. 

3 Elva M., b. W., Feb. 21, 1867. 

4 Ada C, b. W., Sept. 21, 1868. 

5 Ora L., b. Hillsborough, Apr. 13, 1873. 

6 Lunetta V., b. W., Oct. 28, 1875. 

7 Edith L., b. W., Apr. 6, 1881. 

(2) Charles A., b. W., Nov. 14, 1835; m. Helen M. 
Chapman of Windsor, in January, 1858; res. in Hills- 
borough, where he d. Dec. 8, 1884. Children : — 

1 Cora M., b. Oct. 4, i860. 

2 Lulu B., b. March 17, 1866. 

3 Edgar, b. July 4, 1868. 

4 Ina F., b. Nov. 21, 1873. 

5 Mattie A., b. Apr. 5, 1880. 

(3) Sarah J., b. W., Apr. 13, 1838 ; m. Duncan ; 

d. in Antrim, Jan. 16, 1870. 

(4) Freeman S., b. W., Aug. 26, 1840; m. Hannah G. 
Keyser of Sutton, Aug. 16, 1862; res. in Wisconsin. 
Children : — 

1 Mary J., b. Aug. 12, 1864. 

2 Walter M., b. July 2, 1866. 

3 Lou A., b. May 21, 1869. 

4 Edmund S., b. July 30, 1871. 

5 Willie C, b. Nov. 10, 1873. 

6 James F., b. Jan. 22, 1876. 

7 Frederick, b. Jan. 17, 1878, 

8 Maud B., b. Feb. 14, 1880. 

(5) Henry W., b. W., Dec. 21, 1841 ; m. Mary Lamson 
of Mont Vernon, Sept. 5, 1871 ; res. in Philadelphia when 
last heard from. Child : — 

I Louis A., b. Apr. 23, 1875. 

(6) Galen E., b. W., Oct. 25, 185 1 ; m. Nellie M. Roach 
of Hillsborough, March 20, 1873; first resided in Hills- 
borough, but now res. in W. Child : — 

I Clara E., b. Sept. 14, 1878. 



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Yl. 

Lucinda, b. W., Sept. 9, 181 3; m. Abraham Francis, 
May 12, i860. 



BLOOD. 

Ebenezer Blood was born in Pepperell, Mass., Feb. 2, 
1786. He removed to Deering, N. H., prior to his settle- 
ment in Washington, but the date of his removal to that 
town is not known to us. He was a soldier in the war of 
1812, and soon after the war ended he removed from 
Deering to Washington, and settled two and a half miles 
north-east of East Washington, on a tract of new land 
just north of David Dole's farm. He continued to reside 
in W., until his death ; he married Sally Hurd about the 
year 18 16, by whom he had four children ; he died Sept. 
20, 1852; his wife d. Apr. 28, 1874. Children: — 

I. 

Abigial, b. W., Aug. 12, 1821 ; m. Moses R. Hoyt, Mar. 
18, 1841 ; res. in W. and Bradford. 

11. 

Son, b. W., Dec. 31, 1824; d. in infancy. 

III. 

Benjamin P., b. W., Feb. 24, 1827; m. Mary E., dau. of 
Moses D. Proctor of W., Mar. 24, 1853; res. many years 
in W.,where he was engaged in farming and manufacturing. 
While a resident of W. he served three years on the board of 
selectmen. He removed to Petersburg, III, some years 
agfo, where he still resides. Children : — 

(i) Orrin J., b. W., Aug. 29, 1856; m. Mary V. Graeff 
of Philadelphia, Feb. 24, 1879; res. in Petersburg, III, 
and is engaged in farming. Children : — 

1 Carrie H., b. Petersburg, 111., Apr. 19, 1880. 

2 Annie M., b. " Aug. 15, 1882. 

3 Grace W., b. " Nov. 7, 1884. 



310 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(2) Ida A., b. W., Oct. lo, i860. 

(3) Mary E., b. W., July 21, 1868. 

(4) Wallace W., b. W., May i, 1872. 

IV. 

Elizabeth, b. W., Jan. 25, 1832 ; m. Benjamin P. Martin, 
in Oct., 1847; res. Weare, Washington and Claremont ; d. 
in Claremont, Jan, 23, 1862. 

BRADFORD. 

The name of Bradford is one of the oldest in New Eng- 
land. The name originated in New England with Wil- 
liam Bradford, who was one of the passengers in the May- 
flower, and who was chosen to succeed John Carver as 
governor of the Plymouth colony. William Bradford, who 
was a descendant of Gov. William Bradford, came from 
Middleborough, Mass., and settled in Amherst, N. H. 

His son, William, m. Hannah , and resided in Mont 

Vernon, N. H. 

Leonard Bradford, son of William, was born in Mont 
Vernon, N. H., Sept. 13, 1790. He was married to 
Betsey Jones of Amherst, in November, 18 14, and came 
to Washington to reside in 1848, having previously re- 
sided many years in Goshen. He carried on the business 
of coopering, and continued in the business until very 
near the close of his life. He died in W., May 14, 1882. 
His wife died Sept. 5, 1873, aged "jZ yrs. Children : — 

I. 

Clinton, b. Goshen, Aug. 9, 1816; m. Delight Lewis, 
dau. of John Lewis, of Goshen, Feb. 23, 1841 ; res. in 
Unity, Goshen and W.; d. in W. Oct. 19, 1863. Children : 

(i) George E., b. Unity, Dec. 22, 1842; m. Ellen M. 
Heaton, Dec. 25, 1867. 

(2) Victoria R., b. Unity, Jan. 11, 1845 ; m. Geo. H. 
Sears, Jan. i, 1866; res. Deering. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 3 II 

(3) Jennette A., b. Unity, Aug. 6, 1847; m. Jos. W. 
Bean, Sept. 22, 1866; res. Derry. 

(4) Adelbert L.,b. Unity, Apr. 30, 1850 ;d. Oct. 7, 1872. 

(5) Caroline F., b. Goshen, June 5, 1852; m. Chas. F. 
Downing, Dec. 25, 1873, who d. in 1878; again m. Miles 
M. Laffa, of Lawrence, Mass., in Oct., 1879. 

II. 

Orissa, b. Goshen, Dec. 17, i8i8;m. Hibbard Huntley, 
Jan. 2, 1844; res. in Mario w. 

III. 

Caroline, b. Goshen, July 29, 1821 ; d. Sept. 18, 1823. 

IV. 

Leander, b. Goshen, Aug. i, 1824; d. in Goshen, June 
4, 1844. 

V. 

Elbrid^e, b. Goshen, Aug, 24, 1827; m. Lovina A, 
Burnham, of Goshen, Sept. 5, 1848; res. a short time in 
Newport, but rem. to W., in 185 1 ; rem. from W., to Au- 
gusta, Wis., in 1882, where they still reside. He was a 
highly respected citizen of W., and represented the town 
in the legislature, in 1871. Children: — 

(i) Elbridge, Jr., b. Newport, Aug. 20, 1849; came to 
W., with his parents in 185 i, which was his home until he 
arrived at the age of manhood. He studied at Tubbs 
Union Academy and afterward at the New Hampshire 
Conference Seminary at Tilton. In the spring of 1873, 
while engaged in teaching at Newport, he became a mem- 
ber of the New Hampshire Conference of the Methodist 
church, by which he was licensed to preach. He pursued 
a course of theological study with Rev. C. E. Hall, and 
was ordained in Dover, Apr. 22, 1877. Prior and subse- 
quent to his ordination he has been settled at Croydon, 
Goffstown, Hinsdale, Milford and Amesbury, Mass. He 
left Amesbury on account of feeble health, and was set- 
tled over the church in Black River Falls, Wis. His pres- 



312 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

ent pastorate is Chippewa Falls, Wis., where he ministers 
to a large and flourishing parish. He was married to Cyn- 
thia C. Goodwin, dau. of Rev. Joshua Goodwin, Dec. 30, 
1869. Children: — 

1 Bernard I., b. Newport, Apr. 24, 1871, 

2 Lena M., b. Goffstown, Sept. 30, 1873. 

3 Bertha H., b. Hinsdale, Nov. 6, 1876. 

4 Edith L., b. Milford, Sept. 18, 1879. 

(2) Ira B., b. Fulton, Wis., June 24, 185 1. The same year 
he was brought to Washington, which was his home during 
youth. Like other members of his father's family, he at- 
tended the public school and Tubbs Union Academy, and 
afterward the New Hampshire Conference Seminary at 
Tilton, teaching school at different places during his 
course of study. In 1870 he began the study of law in 
Edinborough, Penn., and was admitted to the bar at Mon- 
roe, Wis., Mar. 3, 1873, having removed to that state the 
previous February. He settled in the practice of his pro- 
fession at Augusta, Wis., in 1873, where he has since re- 
sided. He is a man of marked ability and is very popular, 
not only at his place of residence but throughout the state 
of Wisconsin. In proof of this it is sufficient to say that 
in the years 1880 and 1881 he was a member of the Wis- 
consin Assembly, and in 1881 he was its speaker. At the 
present time he is mayor of the city of Augusta. He m. 
Allie M. Burnham of Edinborough, Pa., Aug. 20, 1872. 
Children : — 

1 Archie E., b. Augusta, Wis., Sept. 28, 1874. 

2 Sadie M., b. " Jan. 16, 1879. 

(3) Clinton E., b. W., Sept. i, 1853; was educated at 
Tubbs Union Academy, and at the Winona Business Col- 
lege at Winona, Minn. He married Emma C. Fletcher 
of Amherst, Nov. 26, 1874, and in 1876 they removed to 
Augusta, Wis., where they still reside. He is cashier of 
the Augusta Bank, a private banking house, of which his 
brother, Ira B. Bradford, Esq., is proprietor. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 313 

(4) Elmer M., b. W., Nov. ii, 1861 ; studied at Tubbs 
Union Academy, and at the N. H. Conference Seminary, 
at Tilton ; rem. to Augusta, Wis., in 1881, and began the 
study of law ; \vas admitted to the bar at Eau Claire, Wis., 
Jan, 5, 1886. He m. Abbie A. Page, of Hillsborough, 
Apr. 13, 1882. 

VI. 

Jeannette, b. Goshen, June 28, 1830; d. in Goshen, 
Oct. 10, 1846. 

VII. 

Leonora G., b. Goshen, Jan. 11, 1833; m. Joel N. Bai- 
ley, Mar. 6, 1855 ; res, in Alexandria, N.- H, 

VIII. 

Frances J., b. Goshen, May 6, 1835 ; m. Allen W. Ball, 
Dec. 28, 1854; res. W, Her husband d. Jan. 30, 1866. 

BRAINAKD. 

Jabez Brainard, born about the year 1756, was one of 
the early settlers in Lempster. He removed to Wash- 
ington about the year 18 10, and was landlord of the old 
Brainard Tavern at the center of the town. His dau, 
Harriet, married Dr. Ozias Mather and came to the same 
town. About the year 1835 Jabez Brainard rem. to Clare- 
mont, and, after residing there some twelve years, rem. to 
Cleveland, Ohio, where he d. in 1852, at the age of 
ninety-six years. 

Nathan Brainard, son of Jabez,' was born in Lempster, 
July 20, 1787. He was married to Fanny Bingham, Nov. 
10, 1810, and resided in Lempster until 1823-1825 when 
they rem. to Washington, where he was engaged in trade. 
He also served as postmaster at the center of the town. 
He resided in W, until 1834, when he rem. to Cleveland, 
Ohio, where he continued in mercantile pursuits. He d. 
July 31, 1869. His wife d. Nov, 17, 1855, Children: — 



314 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

I. 

Fanny, b. Lempster, Jan. 4, 181 2; unmarried; d. in 
Cleveland, O. in 1835, 

II. 

Silas, b. Lempster, Feb. 4, 1814, m. Emily C. Mould, in 
1840, and res. in Cleveland, O., where he was proprietor of 
a music store. His sons continue in the same business 
in Cleveland, and constitute the widely known firm of S. 
Brainard's Sons. He d. in 1871, 

III. 

Ozias, b. Lempster, Mar. 26, 18 16; d. Lempster in 18 19. 

IV. 
Harriet, b. Lempster, Sept. 20, 1818 ; unmarried; d. in 
Cleveland in 1838. 

V. 
Joseph, b. Lempster, Mar. 12, 1821 ; d. in W., Sept. 5, 
1827. 

VI. 
Henry, b. Lempster, June 6, 1823; m. Laura V. Mould, 
in 184/^; res. Cleveland, O., and Chicago, III, and was 
engaged in the music trade; d. in Cleveland, in 1855. 

VII. 

James, b. Washington, Aug. 30, 1825 ; d. Sept. 13, 1827. 

VIII. 
George W., b. W., Nov. 9, 1827; m. Maria L. Hills, in 
185 1. He is a teacher of music and resides in Cleveland, 
Ohio. 

IX. 
Joseph, b. W., Nov. 17, 1830; m. Helen C. Hills, in 1854; 
res. in Cleveland, and is interested in the Cleveland Roll- 
ing Mill Co. 

X. 
Mary, b. W., Mar. 13, 1833; d. in Cleveland, in 1837. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTOK. 315 

BREED. 

Cyrus and Rufus Breed were residents of Washington 
prior to 1 8 1 6. They were brothers, and were from Nelson. 
It is not probable that they lived in town many years. 
Cyrus removed to Keene, and Rufus went to the West. 
They were brothers of Mrs. Thankful Fo.x, and one or 
both of them lived in the Mountain district. 



BROCKWAY. 

All the Brockways who have lived in Washington and 
the adjoining towns are descendants of Capt. Jonathan 
Brockway, who settled in Washington a few years after it 
was granted to Kidder. The earliest authentic record 
which we possess of Captain Brockway states that he was 
married in Lyme, Conn., in 1757, to Phebe Smith, who 
was also a resident of that town. They resided in Lyme 
after their marriage until eight children had been born to 
them, during which time it is believed that he followed 
the sea. Having accumulated a handsome property, he 
removed from Lyme, between the years 1772 and 1774. and 
settled in Washington, near the outlet of Millen Pond, 
which was long known as Brockway's Pond. He invested 
his money largely in the wild land of Washington, pur- 
chasing, it is said, about fifteen hundred acres, a consider- 
able portion of which was at the east part of the town. 
He was a man of much enterprise, and built a grist-mill 
at Millen Pond, and later a saw-mill at East Washington, 
on the spot where his great-grandson, Mason H. Carr's 
mill now stands. He also built a linseed oil mill and a 
whiskey distillery at the west part of the town, the latter 
being the only establishment of its kind ever operated in 
town. The materials used were potatoes, which could be 
produced with little labor on the newly cleared land. 
Captain Brockway was of a patriotic turn, and twice, on 



3l6 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

the occasion of alarming news from Ticonderoga, he com- 
manded small companies of men, who marched into Ver- 
mont to reinforce the American army, but in both cases 
their services were not required. No portrait of Captain 
Brockway is in existence, but he is described by those 
who remember him as a man of commanding presence, 
tall, and very powerfully built. He was an honored and 
influential citizen of his adopted town, and aided largely 
in its development. His wife died Apr. 5, 1791, at the 
age of fifty-three. He married for his second wife, Re- 
becca Jones of Hillsborough, by whom he had one child. 
Captain Brockway died in Bradford, at the residence of 
his son Asa, in January, 1829, at a very advanced age. 
Children : — 

(1st wife) 
I. 

Asa, b. Lyme, Conn., Apr. 23, 1758; m. Hepzibah Hodg- 
man and resided in Bradford, where he died. Children : — 

(i) Martin, b. July 15, 1779; m. Anna Hoyt and res. 
in Bradford. Children: — 

1 Lyman, b. Bradford, Aug. 16, 1802; m. Mary Morse 
in 1823; d. June 8, 1876. 

2 Tilly, b. Bradford, March 16, 1804; m. Mary, dau. of 
Dea. Tilly Brockway, Nov. — , 1825; res. many years in 
Bradford ; removed to Massachusetts, where he died. 

3 Sally, b. Bradford, Jan. 16, 1805; d. Apr. 18, 1813. 

4 Hepzibah, b. Bradford, Jan. 12, 1808 ; d. Dec. 30, 1839. 
(2) Asa, Jr., b. Bradford, May 3, 1782; m. Betsey 

Hoyt, ; res. in Bradford, where he d. June 6, 1840, 

aged 58 years; his wife d. Aug. 17, 1852, aged 66 years. 
Children : — 

I Abigail, b. Bradford, Feb. 6, .1805 ; m. Freeman 
Blood ; after his death she m. Harvey Spaulding, Dec. 31, 
1832; res. in Newbury and Washington; she d. in W., 
Feb. 17, 1 88 1. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 317 

2 Erastus F., b. Bradford, June 23, 1810; m. Hannah 
Brown of Bradford ; res. in Bradford, where he was en- 
gaged in trade ; afterward res. in Boston and vicinity ; his 
wife d. in Boston in 1871, and he was again married to 
Mrs. Olivia Volcus of Boston, in 1879; ^^^Y ^^^- ^^ Wash- 
ington. 

3 Hosea, b. Bradford, ; m. Loretta Blood of 

Goshen ; res. in Newbury, Amherst and Manchester, the 
last named city being his present place of residence. 

(3) Tilly, b. Bradford, June 8, 1783; m. Elizabeth 
Young, a native of New Brunswick, Oct. 10, 1805 ; res. 
principally in Bradford and Hillsborough ; held the office 
of deacon in the church; d. in Hillsborough, June 13, 
1847; his wife d. in Hillsborough, in 1872. Children: — 

1 John O., b. New Brunswick, Aug. 16, 1806; m. Ab- 
igail Carey, Nov. 28, 1833; res. in W.; d. in South Amer- 
ica, July 17, 1839. 

2 Ephraim, b. New Brunswick, March 26, 1808 ; d. 
May 10, 1808. 

3 Mary, b. New Brunswick, March 21, 1809 ; m. Tilly 
Brockway of Bradford, Nov. — , 1825 ; res. in Bradford 
many years; d. in Mass., Feb. 2, 1883. 

4 Abigail, b. Bradford, March 9, 18 14; m. Elbridge 
Brockway, June 4, 1835 ; d. Apr. 5, i860. 

5 Sarah, b. Bradford, Dec. 16, 1818 ; m. Joseph O. 
Morrill, Oct. 27, 1835; res. W. and Manchester; they 
now res. in W. 

6 Hiram, b. Bradford, Mar. 2, 1821 ; d. Aug. 6, 1822. 

7 Harriet, b. Bradford, Sept. 14, 1823; m. Hiram 
Nichols, Apr. 4, 1843 ; res. in Bradford. 

8 George, b. Bradford, Apr. 24, 1828 ; m. Betsey Ches- 
ley, Nov. 16, 1848; res. in Hillsborough. 

9 Livonia, b. Bradford, Nov. 2, 1830; m. Jonathan 
Lawrence in 1854 ; res. many years in Garland, Me.; rem. 
to Sturgeon Bay, Wis., in 1885. 



3l8 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(4) Annis, b. Bradford, about 1784; m. John Ayer ; 
res. in Newbury, Washington and Hillsborough ; d. in 
Hillsborough, Feb. 20, 1871, aged d,y yrs. 

(5) Smith, b. Bradford, (date uncertain) ; m. Susanna 
Foss, who was born in Northwood, Nov. 17, 1781 ; res. in 
W., where Capt. Jona. Brockway first settled; d. in Balti- 
more, Md., about the year 1833 or 1834 ; his wife d. June 
25, 1837. Children:— 

1 Susan, b. W., . 

2 Ira, b. W., May 25, 1812 ; m. Hannah Jefts and res. 
in W., where he d. March 29, 1837. Children : — 

Smith H., b. W., June 7, 1835 '■> rn- Fannie N. Hunting- 
ton, a native of Irasburg, Vt., Dec. 27, 1856; res. in Mar- 
low; only child, Lillian H., b. Sept. 5, 1872. 

Ira, b. W., May 4, 1838 ; m. Juliet, dau. of John Wes- 
ton of W., Nov. 9, 1859; res. in W.; their only child, Wil- 
lie D., b. W., Apr. 14, 1862; m. Ida M. Young of W., and 
res. in W.; their children are Guy D., b. W., June 14, 
1882, and Nellie M., b. W., Oct. 4, 1885. 

3 Mary J., b. W., Nov. 24, 1816; d. Mar. 6, 1837. 

4 Hiram, b. W., Nov. 17, 1820; m. Mary Averill of 
Windsor, Dec. 2, 1841 ; res. in Hillsborougli and Wash- 
ington ; d. in W., June 7, 1878 ; his widow still res. in W. 
Children : — 

Alura E., b. Jan. 14, 1844; m. Harvey W. Dickerson, 
June 23, 1869; res. in Sunapee. 

Lucretia M., b. June 12, 1846; m. Alfred G. Proctor, 
Feb. 20, 1868; d. in W., July 25, 1876. 

Flora F., b. May 19, 1858; d. in W., Nov. 18, 1874. 

5 Ellen M., b. W., Aug. i, 1822 or 1823 ; m. Piper. 

(6) Thomas, b. Bradford, (date uncertain) ; d. 1817. {}) 

(7) John, b. Bradford, Jan. 18, 1793; m. Mary Eaton, 
Apr. 6, 181 5 ; d. in Hopkinton at an advanced age. 

(8) Elis, b. Bradford, about 1796; m. Nathaniel Smith 
and res. in W.; d. Aug. 15, 1853, aged 57 years. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 319 

(9) Clarissa, b. Bradford, Jan. 8, 1800; m. Ruel Kel- 
lom ; d. in Minnesota, Aug. 11, 1885. 

II. 

Martin, b. Lyme, Conn., Apr. 26, 1760; d. Nov. 30, 1760. 

III. 

Martin, b. Lyme, Conn., Dec. 3, 1761 ; m. Betsey . 

He was a resident of Washington for some years after his 
marriage, and it is thought that he resided on a farm on 
the Marlow road, which was afterward owned by Allen 
Towne. Whether he died in Washington, or removed to 
Maine, where some of his brothers went, is not known. 
Children : — 

(i) Sally, b. W., June 23, 1785. 

(2) Judith, b. W., Feb. 3, 1787. 

(3) Phebe, b. W., Jan. 10, 1789. 

(4) Betsey, b. W., Mar. «2i, 1791. 

(5) Hannah, b. W., Mar. 25, 1793. 

(6) Lyndia, b. W., Apr. 9, 1795. 

IV. 

Susanna, b. Lyme, Conn., Mar. 18, 1764; m. James 
Petts of Washington; res. in W., where she d. Apr. 6, 

1837- 

V. 

Jonathan, Jr., b. Lyme, Conn., Feb. 25, 1766; m. Mary, 
dau. of Capt. William Proctor of W., Feb. 24, 1789; almost 
immediately after their marriage they settled at the east 
part of the town, on a tract of wild land which his fatfier 
gave him, and which is now the farm where George W. 
Carr resides ; here he lived the remainder of his life, and 
is well remembered by many persons now living ; he d. 
May 22, 1847. For further record of his wife see Proctor 
family. Children : — 

(i) Mary, b. W., May 30, 1791 ; d. April 23, 1794. 
(2) Lucy, b. W., Jan. 29, 1792; m. James Ayer, Feb. 



320 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

19, 1811 ; res. in Newbury (then Fishersfield) a few years, 
and then settled in W., where she d. Oct. 18, 1831. 

(3) Jonathan, 3d, b. W., Apr. 18, 1794; m. Nancy 
Ayer, Dec. 2, 1819; d. in W., Oct. 18, 1831. 

(4) Mary, b. W., Feb. 23, 1798 ; m. Caleb Carr of W., 
Dec. 8, 181 8; res. in W., where she d. Sept. 6, 1872. 

(5) Ezra, b. W., Nov. 5, 1801 ; d. Dec. 21, 1801. 

(6) Ziba, b. W., Nov. 9, 1803 ; m. Priscilla, dau. of 
David Ingalls of W., Nov, 28, 1826; d. in Rockingham, 
Vt, Sept. 8, 1866. 

(7) Raymond, b. W., Apr. 14, 1806; m. Hitty, dau. of 
David Ingals of W., July 14, 1829; res. Alstead ; came 
back to W. a few years before his death, and died July 25, 
1880. 

(8) Elbridge, b. W., June 4, 1810; m. Abigail Brock- 
way, dau. of Dea. Tilly Brockway, June 4, 1835 ; d. in 
Hillsborough, Feb. 10, 1845. 

(9) Jesse R, b. W., May 3, 1813 ; m. Mary Pratt, Jan. 
6, 1836; res. in Bellows Falls, Vt. Children : — 

1 Julia A., b. , June 27, 1837 ; d. Mar. 15, 1840. 

2 Mary L., b. , Dec. 20, 1838 ; m. David A. Jen- 

nison, Feb. 13, 1862. 

3 Norman S., b. , Mar. 13, 1841 ; res. in Bellows 

Falls, Vt; manufacturer of target and sporting rifles. 

4 Lanson P., b. , Oct. 16, 1846; d. Jan. 21, 1847. 

5 Caroline A., b. , Mar._ 21, 1852. 

(10) Susanna P., b. W., May 3, 181 3 ; m. William Du- 
ra«t, Apr. 7, 1845 ; she was again married to Israel P. 
Barnes, Aug. 9, 1882; she has res. in Rockingham and 
Windham, Vt., and now res. in Westborough, IMass. 

VI. 

Jesse, b. Lyme, Conn., Apr. 24, 1768 ; m. Hannah , 

and resided for a ti\fie in W. Children : — 
(i) Joseph, b. W., Nov. 9, 1792. 
(2) Abel, b. W., July 3, 1794. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 32 1 

(3) Silas, b. W., Aug. 30, 1796. 
(4)' Jesse, Jr., b. W., June 6, 1801. 

VIT. 

Phebe, b. Lyme, Conn., Apr. 29, 1770; m. John Eaton, 
and spent most of her life in Newbury ; she d. in New- 
bury, Feb. 12, 185 1. 

VIII. 

Rufus, b. Lyme, Conn., Aug. 14, 1772; m. Ruth ; 

they were the first settlers on the farm afterward owned 
by David Lincoln, Isaac N. Gage, and its present occu- 
pant, James A. Crane ; the wild land was a present to him 
from his father ; he subsequently removed to Maine, and 
his descendants are unknown to us. Child : — 

(i) Betsey, b. W., Feb. 23, 1794. 

IX. 

Reuben, b. W., Oct. 29, 1774; m. Anna ; set- 
tled on a tract of wild land, which he received as a gift 
from his father, and which is now the farm of Samuel 
Fletcher ; he afterward removed to Maine. Two children 
were born to them in W.: — 

(i) Nabby, b. W., Aug. 24, 1794. 

(2) Reuben, b. W., Nov. 11, 1795. 

X. 

Joseph, b, W., Oct. 30, 1776; received from his father 
the land now occupied by Jona. Severance. Nothing 
further is known of his history. 

XI. 

Azubah, b. W., Feb. 5, 1779; m. William Persons, 3d, 
of Windsor, Vt., Mar. 14, 1804. 

(2nd mfe) 
XII. 
Rebecca, b. W., May 15, 1793; m, Hezekiah, son of 
Charles Brown of W., Feb. 16, 1809. ^ 



322 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

BROOKS. 

Edward W. Brooks was born in Medford, Mass., in 
1836. He is a great-grandson of Nathan and Rebecca 
W. Brooks, his father being James W. Brooks, and his 
grandfather Zechariah Brooks. He was married to Anna 
M. Buck of Reading, Mass., July i, 1862. They removed 
to Washington in 1872, and purchased the old Burbank 
farm, near the center of the town, where they have since 
resided. He is an enterprising farmer and mechanic, and 
has done much to improve and beautify the place where 
they reside. Children : — 

T. 
Adella, b. Woburn, Mass., Aug. 8, 1863. 

II. 
James L., b. Reading, Mass., July 12, 1867. 

III. 
Charles E., b. Reading, Mass., Dec. 18, 1868; d. Aug. 
23, 1871. 

IV. 
John W., b. Washington, June 21, 1872. 

V. 
Edward O. F., b. W., Feb. 5, 1877. 

BROWN. 

The records of Washington state that Dr. Thomas Lord 
Brown and Betsey Howard, both of Washington, were 
married Nov. 16, 1786, and further add that they had two 
children, Nabby H., and Thomas L. Brown, but the dates 
of their births are not given. Further than this, little is 
known concerning the family, though there is good reason 
to believe that Dr. Brown lived but a few years after his 
marriage. The same records speak of the marriage of 
Betsey Brown of W., to William W. Pool of Hollis, May 
12, 1796. There is reason to believe that she was the 
widow of Dr. Brown. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 323 

Charles Brown, who was born in Stowe, Mass., Nov. 
9, 1749, is believed to have been the first settler on the 
farm at East Washington which was afterward the home 
of Moses Jones, and still later of his son, Simon W. Jones. 
He married for his second wife, Abigail Severance, June 
18, 1795. She was a sister of Daniel, Abel and Rufus 
Severance, who settled near Mr. Brown. Child by first 
wife : — 

I. 

Hezekiah, m. Rebecca, dau. of Capt. John Brockway, 
Feb. 16, 1809. They were the parents of Mary, Betsey, 
Charles and Edward Brown. 



BRUCE. 

Dr. Bruce was a native of Marlborough, Mass., 

and was born about the year 1767. He came from Marl- 
borough to Washington and resided where the meeting 
house now stands in the South district. He is said to 
have been a physician of considerable ability. He re- 
moved from Washington to Peterborough in 1812, and 
soon after went to Canada and engaged in lumbering. He 
finally settled in Calais, Vt, where he died in 1832, at the 
age of sixty-five. He married Rebecca Barney, whose 
death occurred in Peterborough, about the year 1854, at a 
very advanced age. Their children were eight in number, 
but their names are not known to us. 



BURBANK. 

John Burbank was a resident of Rowley, Mass., in 
1640. By his first wife, Ann, he had one child, and by his 
second wife, Jemima, he had four. Caleb, third child of 
John and Jemima Burbank, was born, probably, in Rowley, 
Mass., Mar. 19, 1646. He married Martha, dau. of Caleb 



324 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Smith, Mar. 6, 1669, and is supposed to have resided in 
Rowley. Samuel, sixth child of Caleb and Martha Bur- 
bank, was born July 16, 1684, and resided in the vicinity 
of Rowley. 

Samuel Burbank, Jr., son of the preceding Samuel, was 
born in 1716, and was married to Eunice Hardy of Brad- 
ford, Mass., Apr. i, 1740. He resided in Bradford, Mass., 
for a time, but finally removed to Nottingham West, N. H., 
(now Hudson). After his removal from Bradford, his 
wife died, and he was again married to Sarah Hardy of 
Bradford, Mass., Oct 15, 1766. 

Jacob Burbank, eldest child of Samuel Burbank, was 
born in Bradford, Mass., Oct. 14, 1741. He removed with 
his jDarents to Nottingham West, N. H., when a mere 
child, and there resided until the year 1768 or 1769, when 
he removed to Camden (now Washington), and was one 
of the pioneers in its settlement. He settled on the farm 
now owned by Edward W. Brooks, a mile and a half 
south-west of the center of the town. The ancient house 
now standing there and still occupied by Mr. Brooks, was 
erected there by Jacob Burbank, more than a hundred 
years ago, and is believed to be the oldest house in town. 
Jacob Burbank was married to Phebe, dau. of Thomas 
Adams of New Ipswich, who shared with him the priva- 
tions incident to life in a new country. They were people 
of great respectability and were influential in the affairs 
of the town. Jacob Burbank died Dec. 18, 18 19; his wife 
died Dec. 23, 1843, aged 90 yrs., 11 months. Their 
children were : — 

I. 

Phebe, b. W., Oct. i, 1778; m. David Heald, Esq., of 
W., Nov. 13, 1810. They' resided in W., where she d. Dec. 
4, 1863. 

II. 

Jacob, Jr., b. W., Aug. 6, 1780 ; graduated at Dartmouth 
College in 1807; studied theology with Elijah Parish, D. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 325 

D., in Byfield, Mass., and also with Rev. John Smith of 
Salem, N. H. He was ordained in Pelham, N H., and 
his first settlement was in South Salem, N. Y. He after- 
ward was settled in Richmond, N. Y., and elsewhere. He 
is said to have been a man of ability in his profession. He 
was married to Electa E. Fish of Westfield, Mass., Sept. 
25, 1809. Children: — 

(i) Mary, b. Middlebury, Vt, Oct. lo, 1810; m. Dr. 
Horace Green, Oct. 15, 1835; d. in Sylvania, Ohio, June 

15, 1838. 

(2) I^lecta E., b. Claremont, N. H., Aug. 10, 1812; d. 
Aug. 5, 1870. 

(3) Solomon M., b. South Salem, N. Y., June 8, 181 5 ; 
m. Laura A. Irving, June 3, 1840, who d. July 5, 1843. He 
m. 2nd, Sarah Hanks of Henrietta, N. Y., Mar. 4, 1846. 
Children : — 

1 Mary I., b. June 13, 1847; d. Apr., 1874. 

2 Laura A., b. Mar. 7, 185 1. 

3 Byron M., b. Feb. 8, 1853; d. Aug. 18, 1856. 

4 George B., b. Oct. 12, 1856. 

(4) Thomas S., b. South Salem, N. Y., Mar. 27, 1817; 
m. Ophelia G. Bowman of Philadelphia, Oct. 31, i860 ; res. 
in New Orleans, where he d. Sept. 2, 1867. The press of 
New Orleans, in commenting on his death spoke of him in 
terms of great respect. Children : — 

1 Thomas S., Jr., b. Nov. 14, 1861. 

2 Samuel B., b. Jan. 16, 1862. 

3 Leontine, b. Aug. 23, 1865. 

4 Susie, b. Apr. 30, 1868. 

■(5) William W., b. Bainbridge, N. Y., Apr. 19, 1819; 
m. Francis Springer of Marion, N. Y., July i, 1852. 
Children : — 

1 Willie, b. Dec. 5, 1853; d. Feb. 7, 1862. 

2 Mary, b. June 19, 1856; d. June 11, 1863. 

3 Anna, b. Apr 8, 1858; d. Feb. 24, 1862. 



326 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

4 Jessie, b. Jan. 27, 1863. 

5 Bessie, b Jan. 27, 1863; d. Aug. 16, 1863. 

6 Fannie, . 

7 Rosa, . 

(6) Jacob A., b. Maryland, N. Y., June 20, 1821 ; m. 
Margant V. Mitchell of Mason, Ga., Jan. i, 1848. He 
graduated at Union College in 1844; res. in Georgia; 
d. in Richland, Ga., Aug. 18, 1849. Child: — 

I Son, b. Nov. 10, 1849; d- J'-ine. 1850. 

(7) Samuel N., b. Oct. 10, 1824; m. Philenia Hanks of 
Henrietta, N. Y., June 15, 1847. Children: — 

1 Ella E., b. Jan. 12, 1849. 

2 Jacob A., b. Feb. 5, 1851. 

(8) Edward W., b. Onondaga, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1827; m. 
Ama M. Springer of Marion, N. Y., May 9, 1854. Child- 
ren : — 

1 Edward I., b. Apr. 28, 1855 ; d. Oct. 21, 1875. 

2 Thomas S., b. Mar. 19, 1857. 

3 Joseph F., b. Oct. 15, 1858; d. Jan. 12, 1867. 

4 Minnie E., b. Aug. 24, i860. 

5 James L., b. Nov. 19, 1864; d. Aug. 31, 1866. 

6 Willie O., b. Aug. 9, 1867; d. Dec. 7, 1867. 

7 Annie, b. Aug. 23, 1869. 

8 Frank, b. Sept. 23, 1870; d. March 17, 1884. 

(9) Infant, b. Marion, N. Y., 1830; d. 1830. 

III. 

Eunice, b. W., Sept. 3, 1782 ; m. Samuel Hardy in 
1817; she d. June 8, 1825. 

IV. 

Sarah, b. W., Apr. 7, 1784; m. Rev. Samuel Bliss of 
Bradford, Oct. 27, 1812 ; she afterward m. Dr. James For- 
saith of Deering; she d. Feb. i, 1863. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 32/ 

V. 

Samuel, b. W., March 2, 1788; m. Mary F., dau. of 
William Lawrence of W., Nov. 28, 1821 ; he always res. 
in W., where he d. Mar. 17, 1854;, his wife d. Apr. 17, 
1876. Children: — 

(i) Mary E., b. W., Jan. 8, 1823 ; m. John Conant of 
South Acton, Mass., in 1858; she d. in July, 1869. 

(2) Justin E., b. W., March 18, 1825; graduated at 
Dartmouth College in 1848; studied theology at Andover, 
Mass., where he graduated in 185 i. He resided several 
years in Iowa and Minnesota, but at present is a resi- 
dent of Concord, N. H. He is a ripe scholar, and during 
his college course he distipguished himself by his superior 
knowledge of the Greek language. He has spent much 
time in historical research, and perhaps no living person 
is better acquainted with the history of his native town 
than he. The compilers of this volume have had the ben- 
efit of his researches to aid them in their work. 

(3) David B., b. W., Dec. 9, 1828 ; m. Caroline E., 
dau. of Allen Towne of W., Oct. 25, 1855 ; she d. Apr. 24, 
1857, and he again m. Nancy J., dau. of Hiram Grimes of 
Hillsborough, in 1858 ; he res. in Hillsborough. Child- 
ren : — 

(1st wife) 

1 Herbert L., b. Apr. 24, 1857; m. Flora B. Worth- 
ley of Antrim, May 12, 1883; res. in Houghton, Mich., 
and have one child, Leland W., b. Mar. 6, 1885. 

(2nd wife) 

2 Clara E., b. Mar. 22, 1859. 

3 Mary B., b. Oct. 2, 1867. 

4 Harry B., b. May 20, 1869. 

VI. 

Hannah, b. W., May 29, 1790; d. in Jacksonville, 111., 
Dec. II, 1846. 



328 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

VII. 

Ruth, b. W., Oct. 23, 1792; d. Sept. 16, 1823. 

VIII. 
Abel A., b. W., Mar. 4, 1794; d. in Portsmouth, Nov. 
7. 1814. 

Ebenezer Burbank, son of Samuel Burbank, and brother 
of Jacob Burbank, was born in Nottingham West (Hud- 
son), Sept. 20, 1769. He removed to Washington be- 
tween the years 1801 and 1806, and operated a saw and 
grist mill on Water street, at the center of the town. He 
was married to Betsey Farmer of Pelham, N. H., Dec. 27, 
1795. Before coming to Washington they resided in Dra- 
cut and Tyngsborough, Mass., §nd in Pelham, N. H. He 
left Washington and settled in Underbill, Vt., about the 
year 1830; he d. in 1840. Children: — 

I. 

Sarah H., b. Dracut, Mass., Dec. 17, 1796; m. Nathan 
Bicknell in 1839; d. Dec. 6, 1875. 

II. 

Hannah B., b. Pelham, N. H., Aug. 9, 1799; ^^- Geo. 
J. Emerson, Nov. 29, 1827; d. Dec. 14, 1868. 

III. 

Benjamin M., b. Tyngsborough, Mass., Oct. 2, 1801 ; m. 
Polly Howe of Hopkinton, N. H., Dec. 17, 1822. He re- 
sided a short time in W., and then settled in Underbill, 
Vt.; bed. Sept. 23, 1862. Children: — 

(i) Aurora E., b. W., Nov. 19, 1825. 

(2) Joseph H., b. Underbill, Vt., Sept. 24, 1827; m. 
Hannah M. Field of Cornwall, Vt.; res. Galesburg, III, 
and North Brookfield, Mass. Their only child was Frank 
O., b. Nov. 29, 1859; d. Apr. 9, 1861. 

(3) Jotham H., b. Underbill, Vt, Mar. 3, 1830; res. 
North Brookfield, Mass. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 329 

(4) Lovina J., b. Underbill, Vt, Nov. 14, 1840; res. 
Nortb Brookfield, Mass. 

IV. 

Bill, b. Wasbington, N. H., Nov. 24, 1806; d. Sept. 8, 
1810. 

BUTTERFIELD. 

Jobn L. Butterfield is tbe son of Jobn and Pbebe But- 
terfield. He was born in Francestown, Nov. i, 1831. He 
came to Wasbington in 1854, wbere be bas since resided. 
He married Mrs. Maria D. (Collins) Fifield of Menasba, 
Wis., Sept. 18, 1867. Since coming to Wasbington be 
bas been engaged in farming and tbe manufacture of lum- 
ber. Cbildren : — 

I. 

Lizzie D., b. W., Nov. 6, 1869. 

II. 
John C, b. W., Apr. 14, 1871. 



CAREY. 

Tbe Carey family originally came from Windbam and 
settled in Lempster early in tbe history of that town. 
Olivet S. Carey, son of Olivet Carey, was born in Lemp- 
ster, Nov. 6, 1 8 10. He married Mebitabel W. Keyes of 
Acworth, Dec. 27, 1837. They resided in Lempster un- 
til 1867, wben they removed to Washington, where they 
still reside. Cbildren : — 

I. 

Chester E., b. Lempster, Mar. 11, 1839; m. Julia A. 
Macdonald of Boston, Apr. 7, 1884. He is a printer and 
was formerly editor and proprietor of tbe White Mountain 
Republic, published at Littleton. He now resides at Han- 
over. Child : — 

(i) Ethel, b. Hillsborough, Jan. 10, 1885. 



330 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

II. 

Georgiana, b. Lempster, Nov. 20, 1841 ; m. Dr. Silas 
M. Dinsmoor, Sept. 11, 1862 ; res. in Keene. 

III. 

Frank P., b. Lempster, Oct. 21, 1848; m. Nettie Ha- 
zen, dau. of Edgar Hazen of Hillsborough, Mar. 18, 1872. 
He is a dentist and now resides in West Newton, Mass. 
Children : — 

(i) Helen G., b. Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. i, 1875. 

(2) Howard H., b. Hillsborough, N. H., Jan. 30, 1877. 

(3) Ralph, b. Meredith, Aug. 7, 1880. 



CARLEY. 

Charles Carley, son of "William Carley of Peterborough, 
was born in that town, Sept. 2, 1839. He married Mrs. 
Sophia Manley of Washington, Nov. 6, 1880. Previous 
to the war of the Rebellion he was engaged in the whale 
fishery, and on the breaking out of the war he enlisted in 
the United States navy and served twenty-six months, and 
afterward served twenty months in the 6th Vermont regi- 
ment. He came to W, in 1881, where he still resides. 



CARR. 

The name has been spelled Ker, Kar, Karr, and Carr, 
the last being the almost universal way of spelling the 
name at the present time. Thomas Carr, who was born 
Aug. 5, 1725, is first known to us as a resident of Litch- 
field, N. H., where he resided in 1757. He married Hannah 
, and was the father of eleven children. 

Robert Carr, son of Thomas and Hannah Carr, was born 
in Litchfield, Apr. 28, 1757, and removed with his parents 
to Goffstown when about one year of age. About the 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 33 1 

year 1782 he removed to Hillsborough, and was the origi- 
nal settler on the farm where his grandson, Robert G. 
Carr, now resides. His twin brother, Thomas, settled on 
the farm just south, where Eliab Kellom afterward resided. 
Thomas Carr, Senior, also came up to Hillsborough, where 
he died. 

Robert Carr married Abigail W. Jones of Hillsborough 
in Nov., 1789, who died Mar. 2, 1798. He was again mar- 
ried to Caty Edes of Peterbrough, Oct. 19, 1804, who died 
Jan. I, 1819. Histhird wife was Mrs. Mary Edes of Peter- 
borough, who died Aug. 27, 1841. Robert Carr had, by 
his first wife, six children, and by his second wife, one. 

Caleb Carr, son of Robert and Abigial W. Carr, was 
born in Hillsborough, Mar. 19, 1792. In 181 8 he pur- 
chased of the Penhallow family of Portsmouth, a tract of 
land, little of which had been cleared, and which was 
wholly without buildings, situated on the high land in 
Washington, two miles north-west of East Washington 
village, where Alvah Davis now resides. He married Mary, 
dau. of Jonathan Brockway, Jr., of Washington, Dec. 8, 1 8 1 8, 
and in the spring of 1819, they removed to their new home, a 
house and barn having been erected the previous year. 
They remained there until 1830, when they removed to 
the village, where the remainder of their lives were spent. 
His wife died Sept. 6, 1872. His death occurred Eeb. 19, 
1886 at the great age of ninety-three years and eleven 
months. Children : — 

I. 

Mason H., b. W., Dec. 5, 1819; m. Mary, dau. of Rich- 
ard Gage of Wilton, Apr. 18, 1843. The year he was 
married he purchased the mill property at East Wash- 
ington which he now owns, and which has been in his pos- 
session continuously forty-three years. He has been an 
active business man, and has always been ready to aid all 
worthy enterprises for the development of the town. Child- 
ren : — 



332 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(i) Mary Frances, b. W., Aug. 15, 1844; m. Frank L. 
Morrill in i860. He was a soldier in the third New 
Hampshire regiment during the Rebellion, and d. at 
Fortress Monroe, Va., July 13, 1864, from a wound re- 
ceived at Petersburg. She was again married to Joseph 
C. Jones in 1866; res. in Claremont. 

(2) Lawrence M., b. W., Sept. 8, 1847; m. Hattie A. 
White in 1870. He is a wholesale dealer in confectionery, 
and res. in Somerville, Mass. 

(3) Dwight E., b. W., May 21, 1850; m. Anna L. 
Case in 1872. He was again married to Louise M. Deb- 
bins of Medford, Mass., in 1885 ; res. in Somerville, Mass., 
and is a wholesale dealer in confectionery. Child : — 

I Ada E., b. Lincoln, Neb., June 16, 1874. 

(4) Bettie M., b. W., June 8, 1853; d. Sept. i, 1856. 

(5) Ada L., b. W., Apr. 11, 1858; d. Aug. 31, 1864. 

(6) Helen A., b. W., Dec. 18, 1861 ; d. Aug. 17, 1863. 

IL 

Mansil B., b. W., May 15, 1823; d. Feb. 15, 1832. 

III. 

George W., b. W., Oct. 8, 1826; m. Charlotte M., dau. 
of Wm. L. and Adaline Woods, Aug. 19, 185 1. He was 
a member of the i6th New Hampshire regiment in the 
Rebellion ; has served the town several years as select- 
man ; represented the town in the legislature in 1875, and 
was a delegate to the constitutional convention in 1876. 
He has spent the most of his life in W., and at present 
owns and occupies the farm at East Washington where his 
grandfather, Jona. Brockway, Jr., settled in 1789. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Jennie M., b. W., July 2, 1853; res. in W. 

(2) George Willie, b. W., Aug. 7, 1857; res. in W. 

IV. 

Mary B., b. W., Feb. 18, 1830; m. Samuel Huntley and 
res. in Millis, Mass. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 333 

V. 

Mansel W., b. W., Dec. 12, 1832; d. May 18, 1833. 

VI. 
Clark C, b. W., July 14, 1835 ; m. Isabell R. Dustin of 
Marlow, Oct 27, 1858; res. in Claremont. Children: — 

(i) Walter C, b. Sutton, July 28, 1862 ; m. . 

(2) Nettie B., b. Sutton, July 21, 1864; m. Henry L. 
Blake, Mar. 31, 1885 ; res. in Bellows Falls, Vt. 

(3) Fred L., b. Keene, May 23, 1871. 

VII. 

Julia A., b. W., Sept. 3, 1837; res. at Millis, Mass. 

CHAMBERLAIK 

Simon Chamberlain came from Newton, Mass., to 
Washington, and was a resident here as early as 1775. He 
lived on the summit of Faxon Hill, near the center of the 
town, and opposite the residence of Alden Rounsevel. A 
small cellar still remains to mark the spot where he lived. 
Children : — 

I. 

Susanna, b. ; m. Josiah Proctor, Jr., March 

22, 1785. 

II. 
Catharine, b. about the year 1771 ; m. James Faxon of 
W., Jan. 24, 1793 ; res. in W., where she d. Nov. 4, 18 16, 
aged 45 years. 

III. 

Rebecca, b. ; m. John Rounsevel of W., 

Dec. 18, 1794; d. in Richford, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1838. 

IV. 

Lydia, b. W., Aug. 15, 1775; m. Ebenezer Hills, June 
8, 1796; res. Marlborough and Swanzey, and in 1825, 
rem. to Holland Purchase, N. Y.; d. in June, 1840. 



334 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

CHAPIK 

William H. Chapin, son of Henry Chapin, was born in 
Westminster, Vt., Feb. 25, 1842. He married Mary J. 
Huntley, Jan. 28, 1864. They came to Washington to 
res. in 1882. Child : — 

I. 

Ida M., b, Parishville, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1871. 



CHAPMAN. 

Jeremiah Chapman was the son of Mark Chapman, and 
was born in Rumney, N. H., May i, 18 17. He married 
Sarah, dau. of Benjamin Newman, Jr., of Washington, 
Sept. II, 1842. They resided some years at Sanbornton 
Bridge (now Tilton) where all of their children were born. 
They removed from Sanbornton to Washington in 1850. 
He was in the employ of Ebenezer Laws in his mill on 
Water street, and while assisting in setting in motion a 
huge, ice-bound, overshot waterwheel, Feb. i, 1854, he 
was crushed and killed. His widow still res. in Washing- 
ton. Children : — 

I. 

Henry N., b. Sanbornton, June 30, 1843; m. Laura 
Goodwin of Henniker ; res. in Wolfborough. 

11. 

Caroline B., b. Sanbornton, Apr. 27, 1845 ; d. Aug. 22. 
1850. 

III. 

Sarah G., b. Sanbornton, Apr. 22, 1847; ^- Joseph F. 
Eaton, Jan. 15, 1868; res. in W. 

IV. 

Daniel, b. Sanbornton, Oct. 5, 1849; res. in W. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 335 

CHASE. 

Aquila Chase came from England, and was a resident 
in Newburyport, Mass., in 1629. Moses Chase, son of 
Aquila, is said to have been one of the original settlers of 
Washington. He settled in the west district, on the farm 
where Stephen M. Farnsworth now resides. After his 
death his widow married Thomas Barney, the ancestor of 
the Barney family in Washington, and still later, after the 

death of Mr. Barney, she married Dakin, residing 

all these years on the farm where she first settled. The 
children of Moses Chase were : — 

I. 



Joseph, — 
Benjamin, ■ 
Moses, Jr., 



II. 
III. 



IV. 

Elizabeth, ; m. Levi Barney; res. in W., and 

afterward in Marlow and Lempster. 

V. 

Susan, ; m. Joseph Seavey ; res. in Pelham, 

Mass. 

VI. 

Lydia, ; m. Abisha Gee ; res. in Lempster. 

VII. 

Sarah, b. W., May i, 1778; m. Thomas Metcalf, Jan. 
19, 1796; d. in Lempster, Dec. 25, 1842. 

Jonathan Chase was born in Concord, N. H., about the 
year 1730. He was a descendant of Aquila Chase, who, 
as before mentioned, appeared in Newburyport, Mass., in 
1629. Jonathan Chase married Sarah Stickney of Con- 
cord, and after a time removed to Hopkinton, where he 
died in 18 15, at the age of eighty-five years. He was a 
lieutenant in the French and Indian war, and during the 
Revolution he held the commission of captain. 



^2,6 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

J. Stickney Chase, son of Jonathan and Sarah Chase, 
was born in Hopkinton, N. H., May 27, 1768, and was 
married to Esther Martin of Concord, Aug. 26, 1792. 
They settled in Unity, where he resided until 1853, when 
he removed to Goshen, where he died Sept. 30, 1858 ; his 
wife died in Unity, Nov. 13, 1845. 

Martin Chase, son of J. Stickney and Esther Chase, was 
born in Unity, July 11, 1806, and was married to Betsey, 
dau. of Dr. Nathan Wright of Washington, June 19, 1832. 
He removed to Washington two years before his mar- 
riage, where he was engaged in the manufacture of boots 
and shoes. He continued in that business many years. 
During his residence in Washington he held many offices 
of trust. He was town clerk fourteen years ; served as 
selectman, collector and treasurer ; and three times was 
elected to represent the town in the legislature. He 
served two years as treasurer of Sullivan county, and was 
also road commissioner two years for the same county. 
In 1853, he was appointed judge of the court of common 
pleas in Sulliyan county, and held the ofifice until the 
court was abolished. During his residence in Washing- 
ton he established a reputation for strict integrity of pur- 
pose and for superior business talent. In 1869, he re- 
moved to Marlborough, N. H., where he now resides. 
Children : — 

I. 

Helen, b. W., July 22, 1835 ; res. in Marlborough. 

II. 

Caroline, b. W., Oct. 27, 1840; m. George L. Fairbanks, 
Nov. 24, 1863 ; res. in Marlborough. 

Amos Chase of Washington married Patty Sampson, 
dau. of Abner Sampson of Washington, Sept. 3, 1798. 
They resided for a time in Cornish. Child : — 

I. 

Amos, Jr., b. Cornish, Oct. 22, 1801. 




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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 337 

Horace F. Chase, son of Samuel W. Chase, was born 
in Weare, June 5, 1852. He removed to Hillsborough 
with his parents at the age of about ten years. He mar- 
ried Martha J., dau. of Lemuel A. Cooledge of Boston, 
Oct. 13, 1870, and resided for a time in Hillsborough. 
They afterward resided in Newton, Mass., and in 1876, 
removed to Washington, which has since been their 

home. Children : — 

I. 
John F., b. Hillsborough, Jan. 22, 1872; d. in Wash- 
ington, June 15, 1876. 

II. 
Wm. Cooledge, b. Newton, Mass., Mar. 23, 1875. 

III. 
Mary A., b. Newton, Mass., Mar. 23, 1875. 
Moses H. Chase settled at the east part of Washington 
in 1837. He was the son of Moses Chase of Deering, 
where he was born Nov. 9, 18 13. He married Phidelia, 
dau. of Rufus Severance, Jr., of Washington, in 1837. His 
second marriage was to Maria P., sister of his first wife, 
whom he married Feb. 17, 1850. He now res. in Hills- 
borough. Children : — 

(1st wife) 
I. 
Susan C, b. W., Apr. 9, 1838; m. Oliver Clough of 
Deering. 

II. 
Maria P., b. W., Mar. 19, 1843 ; m. Emory Grandy. 
(2nd wdfe) 
III. 
Bartlett M., b. W., Feb. 23, 1856; m. Lillie J. Harri- 
man of Hillsborough, Dec. 19, 1878. 

CHENEY. 

Isaac Cheney was born in Dunstable, Mass., Sept. 2^, 
1780. When the second New Hampshire turnpike was 



338 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

projected he came to Washington to aid in its construc- 
tion. He came in 1803 or 1804, and Dec. 31, 1805, was 
married to Sally Farwell, dau. of Ephraim Farwell of 
Washington. He built a house on the Goshen turnpike, 
not far from the center of the town, which he had not 
finished when his wife died, Dec. 11, 181 1. He afterward 

married Swallow of Dunstable, Mass., and after 

some years removed to Dunstable, his native town, and 
died there March 26, 1866. Children: — 

(1st wife) 

I. 

Thomas F., b. W., Feb. 12, 1807; m. Matilda Leonard 

of Boston, Dec. 8, 1832; he res. in Dunstable, Mass.; he 

has been married three times ; his present wife was Mrs. 

Caroline Sargent of Manchester, N. H. 

II. 
Isaac, Jr., b. W., Apr. 11, 1809; was three times mar- 
ried; d. in Portsmouth, Dec. 22, 1880; his widow res. in 
that city, 

III. 
John B., b. W., Nov. 22, 1811 ; m, Cynthia, dau. of Si- 
las Fisher of W., Oct. 11, 1837; res. in W. until 1840; 
present res. Groton, Mass. Child : — 
(i) Harriet E., b. W., July 8, 1838. 
(2nd wife) 
IV. 

Sarah F., b. W., , 1817; m. Edmund P. Day of 

Boston, June 6, 1855. 

V. 
Asa S., b. Dunstable, Mass., Aug. 26, 18 18; res. Ox- 
ford, Wis. 

VI. 
Wm. F., b. Dunstable, Mass., Jan. 12, 1821 ; res. in 
Dunstable, Mass. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 339 

VII. 

Edmund W., b. Dunstable, Mass., Apr. ii, 1823; res. 
in Somerville, Mass. 

VIII. 

Susan, b. Dunstable, Mass., Apr. 22, 1825 ; m. 

Lane ; res. in Lanesville, Mass. 

IX. 

Julia A., b. Dunstable, Mass., Dec. 28, 1827; d. Nov. 
27, 1839. 

X. 
Charles A., b. Dunstable, Mass., Apr. 2, 1830; res. in 
Chelsea, Mass. 

XI. 
Harriet M., b. Dunstable, Mass., Sept. 2, 1832 ; res. in 
Boston. 

XII. 

Phebe G., b. Dunstable, Mass., July 20, 1834; m. 

Barnes; res. in Maiden, Mass. 

Samuel Cheney was a native of Rowley, Mass., and was 
married to Judith Dole, who was also a resident of Row- 
ley. She was a sister of David Dole, who settled in 
Washington early in the present century. There is rea- 
son to believe that they resided a short time in Rowley, 
after their marriage, and then settled in Henniker, N. H. 
After residing a few years in Henniker, they removed, 
about the year 1805, to Washington, and settled at the 
east part of the town, near the foot of Lovewell's mountain, 
where Joel Severance, 2d, afterward resided many years. 
The mountain road to Washington center at that time ran 
some distance south of his house, and it was largely 
through his influence that the road leading past his house 
was built. He died Oct. 5, 1 841, aged 63 yrs. His wife 
died June 17, 1844, ^.ged 70 yrs. Children : — 



340 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

I. 

Maria, b. Rowley, Mass., (?) June 14, 1798; came to 
W. with her parents in childhood ; m. John Severance of 
W., Oct. 4, 1 81 8; res. many years in Bradford and W.; 
d. in Tilton, Aug. 3, 1883. 

II. 

George W., b. Henniker, Aug. 21, 1800; came from 
Henniker to Washington with his parents at the age of 
five years ; m. Hannah, dau. of Joseph Bailey, and always 
resided in Washington, where he was a thrifty and pros- 
perous farmer. Their home was noted for its hospitality, 
and the whole family had the respect and good will of all 
their neighbors. He d. Nov. 17, 1868; his wife d. Dec. 
30, 1873. Children: — 

(i) Son, b. W., Apr. — , 1832; d. May 10, 1832. 

{2) Ann Maria, b. W., Jan. 4, 1834; m. John Smith, 
Dec. 12, 1859; res. in Washington, where she d. Jan. 5, 
1881. 

Royal Cheney is the son of Moody and Alice Cheney, 
and was born in Derby, Vt, June 18, 1840. He married 
Electa J; Gardner of Bedford, N. H., in September, 1862. 
She died in Newton, Mass., Aug. 17, 1867, and he was 
again married to Kate S. Graves, dau. of Wm. and Mary 
E. Graves of Washington, Dec. 8, 1872. For some years 
he has been employed as engineer of steam shovels in the 
construction of railroads, etc., his last engagement being 
with the Canadian Pacific railway in British Columbia. 
They reside in Washington. Children : — 

(1st wife) 
I. 
Ernest W., b. Manchester, Apr. -^, 1866; d. August, 
1866. 

II. 
Bertha J., b. Newton, Mass., June, 1867. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 34I 

(2nd wife) 
III. 
Loria A., b. Somerville, Mass., Apr. 21, 1875. 

IV. 
Ernest G., b. Deerfield, Mass., Sept. 17, 1877. 

V. 
Katie G., b. Naugatuck, Conn., Apr. 14, 1879. 

VI. 
Adah G., b. Somerville, Mass., Aug. 19, 1880. 



CLARK. 

Jonathan Clark is supposed to have come up to Lempster 
from Braintree, Mass., at an early date. In his old age he 
removed to Washington with his son, Jonathan, Jr., where 
he died, Jan. 5, 1846, aged 90 yrs. Betsey, his wife, died 
May 12, 183 1. Children: — 

I. 

Jonathan, Jr., b, Braintree, Mass.(i'), Nov. 18, 1777; m. 
Betsey Davidson, and res. some years after his marriage 
in Lempster, N. H., where both of his children were born. 
About the year 18 10 they removed to Washington and 
resided on the Goshen turnpike, at the north part of 
the town, where Lewis Vickery, senior, afterwards resided. 
He was prominent in the Church, and held the office of 
deacon, as his father also is supposed to have done. He 
was a mason and worked at that trade a portion of the 
time. He d. in W., Feb. 27, 1843. His wife d. Jan. 29, 
1853. Children: — 

(i) Cyrus, b. Lempster, Sept. 28, 1803; settled in the 
West. 

(2) Eliza, b. Lempster, Mar. 6, 1809; "^- Melvin. 

After his death she married Rev. Nathan R. Wright, Jan. 
16, 1835. She d. in Woburn, Mass., May 2, 1881. 



342 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

II. 

Polly, b. ; m. Stillman Jones of W., March 29, 

1 801 ; res. in W., and afterward rem. to Irasburg, Vt. 

III. 

Susanna, b. ; m. Jesse Crane of W., Nov. 1 5, 1 807 ; 

res. in W. principally, where she d. Oct. 6, 1834. 

IV. 

Benjamin, b. ; m. Lucy Farwell, dau. of Ephraim 

Farwell, of W., Mar. 29, 18 12. 

George H. Clarke (see Smith) was born in Milford, July 
20, 1830. He married Sarah A. Manahan, Oct. 16, 1853, 
who d. Mar. 3, 1854. His second wife was Mary A. Cool- 
edge of Hillsborough, whom he married May 28, 1854. 
They resided in Hillsborough and Washington. He d. in 
Washington, Mar. 23, 1873. His widow res. in Cambridge, 
Mass. He was a man of inventive genius, and was the 
inventor and patentee of a superior bee hive, which has 
been extensively used by bee keepers. Few people have 
made themselves better acquainted with the habits of bees 
than he. Children : — 

I. 

Charles H., b. W., July 22, 1857; res. in Cambridge, 
Mass., and is engaged in the sale of milk. 

II. 

Edward F., b. , Dec. 17, 1858 ; m. Elmer Leavitt 

of Boston, Dec. 25, 1884; res. Cambridge, Mass., and is 
engaged in the sale of milk. 



CLOGSTON. 

Samuel A. Clogston was the son of William and Su- 
san (Annice) Clogston, and was born in Goffstown, N. H., 
about the year 1796 or 1797. His father was also a na- 
tive of Goffstown, and was born Dec. 12, 1771. Samuel 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 343 

A. Clogston married Jane Frazier, and they were the 
parents of six children. They came to Washington to re- 
side late in life, having lived many years in Vermont. He 
was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was about fourteen 
months in the service of his country. He died in Wash- 
ington, in May, 1876. 

Sylvanus Clogston, son of Samuel A. and Jane Clogs- 
ton, was born in Vermont, Oct. 27, 18 18. He married 
Mrs. Abby Brock way, widow of John O. Brockway, June 
17, 1846. They resided many years in Washington. 
Children : — 

1. 

Freeman J., b. W., Feb. 25, 1847; m. Jennie Messer of 
Dixon, III, May 8, 1873 ; she d. in Chicago, Mar. 18, 
1880. His second wife is Nettie J. Coffin, of Concord, 
N. H., whom he married Apr. 22, 1882; res. in Manches- 
ter. Children : — 

(i) Frank, b. Oct. 24, 1883. 
(2) Daughter, b. Feb. — , 1886. 

II. 

Walter S., b. W., Dec. 15, 1854; (see Woodward). 



CLYDE. 

Horace W. Qyde was born in Gilsum, July 31, 1828. 
He is the son of William and Susan (Whittimore) Clyde, 
the former being a native of Windham, and a descendant 
of Daniel Clyde, a native of Scotland, who emigrated from 
Londonderry, Ireland, to Windham, N. H., (then Lon- 
donderry), about the year 1732. 

Horace W. Clyde married Sarah Bagley of Bradford, 
and since 1855, has been a resident of Washington. Before 
coming to Washington he resided in Dublin. No child- 
ren. 



344 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

CODMAK 

Gardner Codman, son of Peter Codman, was born in 
Hillsborough, June 13, 18 12. He married Irene Buntin 
of Deering, Mar. 19, 1835. After residing in Hillsborough 
many years, he removed to Washington, exchanging 
farms with Lewis Vickery. He is still a respected citi- 
zen of the town. Children : — 

I. 

Mary M., b. Hillsborough, Nov. 20, 1835 ; ^- Darius Y. 
Barnes ; res. W. 

II. 

Albert O., b. Hillsborough, Sept. 12, 1842 ; m. Maria 
J., dau. of Greeley Putney of W., Oct. 6, 1863, who d. Feb. 
10, 1872 ; he res. in W. Children: — 

(1) George A., b. W., May 16, 1865. 

(2) Forrest E., b. W., Oct. 12, 1866. 

(3) Merton G., b. W., Apr. 24, 1868. 

III. 

Sarah J., b. Hillsborough, Jan. 23, 1845 ; m. John C. 
Millen of W., June 6, i860; res. in W. 

IV. 

Lizzie L., b. Hillsborough, May 29, 1855 ; m. Oscar D. 
Hartwell of Nashua, Sept. 16, 1876. 

COLLINS. 

Tristram Collins was one of the early settlers of Weare, 
having removed from Bow to that town as early as 1777. 

Henry Collins, son of Tristram and Rachel Collins, was 
born in Weare, N. H., July 24, 1777. He married Sarah 
Kelley of Deering, and lived for a time in Weare and 
Deering. In 18 11, they removed to Stoddard, and in the 
spring of 1830, removed from that town to Washington, 
which was afterward his home. They settled in the New 
Boston district, on a farm which was previously owned by 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 345 

John Davis. The hill on the summit of which his house 
stood, has since been known as "Collins hill." He was a 
carpenter and farmer, devoting the most of his time to 
the former occupation. He died in W., Sept. 15, 1846. 
His wife died in Hillsborough, Aug. 21, 1848, aged 71. 
Children : — 

I. 
Moses, b. Weare, Aug. 25, 1802 ; m. Electa Temple in 
1826, who d. in Windsor. His second wife was Adaline, 
dau. of Jesse Crane of W., whom he m. May 8, 1837 ; she 
d. in W., Feb. 19, 1869. Moses Collins d. Jan. 9, 1881. 
Children : — 

(i) Mary T., b. Stoddard, Dec. 25, 1826; m. 

Nurse, and afterward, Bliss. 

(2) Rachel, b. Windsor in 1828; d. in infancy. 

(3) Sarah, b. Washington, Oct. 20, 1829; m. Franklin 
R. Smith, about the year 1844; d. in Acworth, June 27, 
1867. 

II. 
Rachel, b. Weare, Dec. 7, 1804; m. Hartwell Cranej^ 
Apr. 25, 1836; d. in Wilmot in 1840. 

III. 

Tristram, b. Deering, Jan. 12, 1807; m. Emilia, dau. of 
Rufus Severance, Sen., of W., May 29, 183 1. After mar- 
riage he resided principally in W., until 1854, when he 
rem. to Wisconsin, where he still resides, his present 
place of residence being Wautoma. His wife d. in Men- 
asha. Wis., Sept. 5, 1855, and he was again married to 
Clarinda C. Coon, Aug. 19, 1856. After the death of 
his second wife he married Betsey Johnson, Dec. 22, 
1873. Children: — 

(i) Charles, b. W., July 4, 1833 ; d. Aug. 20, 1849. 
(2) Hiram, b. W., May 4, 1834; d. in Ocouto, Wis., 
Nov. 30, 1858. 



346 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(3) Samuel H., b. W., Feb. 13, 1836; m. Martha J. 
Smith; d. in Clifton, Wis., Oct. 15, 1879. 

(4) Maria O., b. W., June 8, 1839; m. Jacob P. 
Fifield, Nov, 30, 1856. After her husband's death 
she m. John L. Butterfield of W., Sept. 18, 1867; res. 
in Washington. 

(5) Josiah N., b. W., July 18, 1841 ; m. Frances J. 
Kent, Nov. 8, 1863 ; res. in Florence, Wis. 

(6) Josephine, b. W., Nov. 27, 1843; ni. John P. Nu- 
gent, Jan. I, 1864; res. Sherwood, Wis. 

IV. 

Henry, Jr., b. Deering, Jan. 27, 1809; m. Eliza Smith, 
Mar. 30, 1837, His present place of residence is W. 
Children : — 

(i) Wm. H. H., b. Alexandria, N. H., Oct. 29, 1840; 
m. Lizzie Hartwell of Hillsborough. He is a Methodist 
clergyman and resides in Chester. 

(2) Mary A., b. Warrensburg, N. Y., Mar. 17, 1843; 
m. Forbes, and res. in Haverhill, Mass. 

V. 

Elizabeth, b. Stoddard, Nov. 4, •[811; m. Benjamin 
Smith, Jr., July i, 1834; res. in Hillsborough. 

VI. 

Sarah, b. Stoddard, Dec. 11, 1813; m. Hartwell Crane, 
Oct. 22, 1840; d. in Deering, Jan. 30, 1856. 

VII. 

Judith, b. Stoddard, Oct. 16, 1815; m. Joel Smith in 
1844 ; d. in Antrim in 1876. 

VIII. 

Hannah P., b. Stoddard, Apr. 25, 1818; m. Henry 
Crane of W., Sept. i, 1840; res. a short time in Wilmot, 
many years in Washington, and at present res. in Hills- 
borough. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 347 

COOPER. 

David Cooper was the son of Owen Cooper, and was 
born in Arlington, Vt., June 14, 1799. He married Sarah 
Goodspeed, Mar. 7, 1822. Just where the first years of 
his married life were spent is not known, but prior to his 
settlement in Washington he resided in Sutton, N. H. 
He was a clergyman of some prominence, and for a time 
supplied the desk of the Universalist society in Wash- 
ington. He was also at one time engaged in trade on the 
spot where N. A. Lull & Sons now do business. The 
last years of his residence in W. were spent on the farm 
where Edward W. Brooks now resides. His wife died 
June 21, 1847, and he was again married to Nancy S. 
Haskins, in September, 1848. Not far from the year 
1870 they removed to Sutton, where he died June 26, 
1885. Children :— 

(1st wile) 
I. 
Eviline, b. Jan. 22, 1823. 

11. 
Alvira E., b. Aug. 21, 1824. 

III. 
Caroline M., b. Jan. 18, 1828. 

IV. 
Solon, b. Sutton, N. H., Sept. 9, 1835. 

(2nd wife) 
V. 

Carrie H., b. W., Apr. 25. 1859; ^^s. in Sutton. 

COPELAND. 

Two brothers, Jacob and Samuel Copeland, came to 
Washington from Massachusetts at an early date. The 
town whence they came is not known. Jacob seems to 
to have come first, and held office in 1777. It appears 



348 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

that he did not long remain in town, but settled perma- 
nently in Stoddard, where the remainder of his life was 
spent. Samuel Copeland came to Washington about the 
year 1778. He settled on the farm at the south part of 
the town, where Alonzo Barrett afterward resided. There 
he resided until 1802, when he removed to Dexter, Me. 
The children of Samuel and Lucy Copeland were : — 

I. 

Isaac, b. W., May 11, 1781 ; rem. to Dexter, Me., with 
his parents in 1802. 

II. 

Sally, b. W., Apr, 24, 1783; m. Peyton Richards of 
W., Dec. 15, 1803 ; res in W., where she d. Mar. 6, 1841, 

III, 

Ramaint, b, W,, Sept. 25, 1785 ; removed to Maine in 
1802. 

Ellis Copeland is the son of Elbridge Copeland, and 
was born in Stoddard, Sept. 14, 1848. He married Jane 
Beard of Reading, Mass., in 1869, and the same year set- 
tled in Washington, where he still resides. Children : — 

I. 
Clarence S., b. W., May 11, 1870, 

II. 
Emma O., b. W., July 24, 1872. 

III. 
Ethel A., b. W., Sept. 3, 1877, 

IV, 
Ada M., b. W., Sept; 4, 1878. 



COREY, 

Amos Corey was a native of Gardner, Mass., and came 
to Washington prior to 1800. He settled on a farm near 
Russell's mill, where Nathan Metcalf first settled. His 
first wife was Achsah Townsend, and after her death he 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 349 

married Louisa Jefts. His children were by his first 
wife. He died in Charlestown. Children : — 

I. 

Melinda, b. W., Jan. 7, 1799 ; d. in infancy. 

II. 
Clarissa, b. W., Oct. 8, 1800 ; d. at age of two yrs. 

III. 
Amos, Jr., b. W., Sept. 19, 1802; m. Roxanna Wright 
of Sullivan, Dec. 18, 1827; res. many years in W.; d. in 
Antrim, Apr. 6, 1872; his wife d. Sept. 7, 1872. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Achsah L., b. , 1828 ; m. Peter Shuttleworth 

of Southborough, Mass. 

(2) Olive W., b. , 1830; d. 1872. 

(3) Malinda A., b. , 1832 ; d. 1861. 

(4) George F., b. , 1836; m. Clara R. Hill of An- 
trim, in i860; res. in Antrim for a time; at present res. 
in Waltham, Mass. 

IV. 
Nathan, b. W., Sept. 10, 1804 ; m. Lovisa, dau. of Jacob 
Wright, Jr., Aug. 30, 1825 ; res. in Stoddard, Charles- 
town and Washington. The last twenty years of his life 
were spent in W. A few months before his death he re- 
moved to Boscawen, where he d. Sept. 20, 1879. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Achsah C, b. Stoddard, July 27, 1827 ; d. Oct. 18, 

1847. 

(2) Elzina M., b. W., July 15, 1830; m. Hollis Towne, 
March 26, 1850; res. in Boscawen. 

(3) Alvah H., b. Charlestown, June 30, 1837 ; m. Jane 
E. Aldrich, Dec. 12, 1861 ; res. in Stoddard. 

(4) Sylvia M., b. W., Nov. 18, 1838; m. James H. 
Morrison, July '4, 1864; res. Marlow ; d. Aug. 20, 1872; 
her husband d. June 5, 1881. 



350 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

(5) Clarissa E., b. W., July 13, 1841 ; m. George W. 
Sargent, Aug. 9, 1865 ; res. in Greenville. 

(6) Harriet L., b. W., Dec. 24, 1843 ; d. Jan. 18, 1861. 

V. 

Jonas R., b. W., ; d. at the age of nine years. 

VI. 
Mary, b. Dec. 13, 1809; m. Nahum Newton, Nov. 4, 
1845 ; res. in Southborough, Mass. 

VII. 
Achsa, b. Sept. 2, 1813; m. David Smith of Chester; 
res. in Ohio, and afterward in Lafayette, III, where she d. 
Jan. 14, 1867. 

CRAIG. 

Hale C. Craig, son of Isaac Craig, was born in New- 
bury, June 24, 1855. He married Olive A., dau. of Ama- 
riah Crane of Washington, Jan. 20, 1877, and resided in 
Newbury until 1881, when he came to Washington, which 
has since been his home. Child : — 

I. 

Albert B., b. W., Sept. 30, 1881. 

CRAM. 

Joseph Cram, son of Josiah, was born in Greenfield, 
Mar. 7, 18 1 3. His father was born in Lyndeborough, in 
1768, and died in Peterborough in 1846. Joseph Cram 
came to Washington in 1831, where he was married to 
Mehitable, dau. of David Dole, in 1833. They resided in 
W. many years, principally in the Mountain district. 
They now reside in Unity. Children : — 

I. 

Esther E., b. W., Jan. 17, 1834; m. George S. Sever- 
ance of W., Aug. 18, i860; res. in W. some years; after- 
ward removed to Unity, where they still reside. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 35 1 

II. 

Wm. D., b. W., Aug. 24, 1835 ; m. Harriet, dau. of 
Woodbury Dresser of W. After her death in 1871, he 
married Hattie Fields ; he res. in Unity. 

III. 

Lucy A., b. W., Jan. 19, 1841 ; m. Enoch P. Gove, 
about the year 1855 ; res. in Unity. 

IV. 
Maria S., b. W., Dec. 18, 1842 ; m. Henry R. Whipple ; 
res. in Claremont. 

V. 
Laura M., b. W., Jan. 24, 1847 ; m. Joseph H. Smith ; 
res. for a time in Claremont, but now res. in Washington. 
Nathan Cram, brother of Joseph, and son of Josiah, was 
born in Greenfield, Feb. 4, 1811. He married Elvira 
Whittemore of Hancock, and resided principally in Han- 
cock and Washington. He died in Washington, May 19, 
1865. His wife died Mar. 12, i860. Children : — 

I. 
Fletcher N., b. Bradford, Dec. 4, 1836 ; d. Feb. 10, 1858. 

II. 
Adeline E., b. Hancock, May 31, 1841 ; m. George D. 
Ball, Feb. — , i860; d. in Marlow, May 19, 1865, the day 
of her death being the same as that of her father. 

III. 
Abby H., b. Hancock, Sept. 17, 1846; m. John S. Mc- 
Ilvaine of W., May 16, 1871 ; res. in W., where she died 
June 12, 1883. 

IV. 

Josiah W., b. W., Feb. 10, ; d. May 14, 1874. 

Benj. D. Cram, son of Benjamin, and nephew of Joseph 
and Nathan Cram, was born in Bradford, Mar. 11, 1834. 
He m. Hannah, dau. of James Bumford, Sept. 2, 1862, and 
has res. many years in W. Children : — 



352 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

I. 

Celia, b. Bradford, Oct. 22, 1864; m. Wm. Abbott, 
Aug. 23, 1884; res. W. 

II. 
Minnie, b. W., Dec. 16, 1869. 

III. 
Kate, b. W., July 10, 1872. 

IV. 
Maud, b. W., Mar. 18, 1875. 

V. 
Willie, b. W., June 17, 1878. 

VI. 
Daughter, b. W., , 1885. 



CRANE OR GRAIN. 

It is supposed that Henry Crane' and Tabitha, his wife, 
came from England and settled in Milton, Mass., in 1648 
or 1649. It is certain that they were residents of Milton 
in 1650. They were the parents of ten children. 

Stephen,^ their second son, married Mary Dennison, 
July 2, 1676, and was the father of nine children. 

Benjamin,^ sixth child of Stephen and Mary Crane, was 
born Dec. 17, 1692, and married Abigail Houghton, Dec. 
27, 1722, by whom he had eight children. 

Joseph, •♦ eldest child of Benj. and Abigail Crane, was 
born Feb. 28, 1724, and married Mary Copeland. 

Joseph, Jr., 5 son of Joseph and Mary Crane, was born 
in 1757, and married Deliverance Mills. They lived in 
Milton, Mass., after their marriage until their first child, 
Jesse, was several months of age, when they removed to 
Washington, N. H., which must have been late in 1782 or 
early in 1783. They settled on the south-east slope of 
Lovell's mountain, near the spot where John Vose set- 
tled. After a few years he removed his family to a house 
which stood on the mountain road to Washington Center, 










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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 353 

about a half mile east of the Vose place, and a short dis- 
tance east of the house which was long the home of Joel 
Severance. Here they lived until the infirmities of age 
compelled them to give up their home and make their 
home with their children. Joseph Crane died in W^h- 
ington, June 30, 1841. His wife died Aug. 17, 1845. 
Some years prior to her death she sustained a severe 
fracture of the thigh, which made her a cripple the re- 
mainder of her life. Children : — 

I. 

Jesse, b. Milton, Mass., May 6, 1782 ; m. Susanna, dau. 
of Jonathan Clark of W., in 1807. They resided first in 
Lempster, and afterward and principally in W. His wife 
d. in W., Oct. 6, 1834, and he was again m. to Mrs. Sarah 
Marshall. He died in W., Oct. 10, 1875. His wife died 

Dec. 18, 1876. Children, all by first wife: — 

— I 

(t) Hartwell, b. Lempster, June 8, 1808 ; m. Rachel,- 
dau. of Henry Collins, Apr. 26, 1836, who d. in Wilmot 
in 1840. His second wife was Sarah Collins, a sister of 
his first wife, whom he married Oct. 22, 1840. She died 
in Deering, Jan. 30, 1856. His third wife was Hopeful- 
Ring, whom he m. Apr. 25, 1856. She d. in W., Nov. 12, 
1877, and he was again married to Catharine Stinson, 
Dec. 25, 1878. They reside in Deering. Children : — 

(1st wife) 

1 Samuel, b. W., June 22, 1837 ; was a sergeant in 
Company A., 8th New Hampshire regiment in the Rebel- 
lion, and d. at New Orleans, Apr. 29, 1864, from wounds 
received at Alexandria, La. 

(2nd wife) 

2 James H., b. Wilmot, June 21, 1841 ; he was in the 
same regiment and company with his brother, Samuel, in 
the Rebellion, and was drowned at Natchez, Miss., in 1865. 
"^ John W.,. b. Wilmot, Sept. 13, 1844; served with 
his brothers in the 8th New Hampshire regiment in the; 



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354 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Rebellion ; m. Charlotte A., dau. of Amariah and Susan 
Crane of W., Dec. i8, 1869 ; res. in W. principally until 
1885, when they rem. to Hillsborough. Children ; — jf 

Bert l}, b. Deering, Oct. 28, 1870.^-;^^-^?^=^^^--^^ 
Mary G., b. W., Feb. 18, 1873. 

4 Mary E., b. W., Apr. 22, 1849; d. 1870. 

(2) Adaline, b. , Feb. 4, 18 10; m. Moses Col- 
lins, May 8, 1837; d. in W., Feb. 19, 1869. 

(3) Mary, b. , Feb. 15, 1812; d. in childhood. 

(4) Susan, b. , Oct. 24, 1814; m. Amariah 

Crane of W., Feb. 27, 1845 ! res. in W. 

(5) Gilman, b. W., Mar. 31, 1816; m. Clara A. Dress- 
er, Oct. 22, 1839. ^^ ^"^^ resided in Washington, Deer- 
ing and Kingston, the last named town being his present 
place of residence. During the Rebellion he served his 
country in the 14th New Hampshire regiment. Children : 

1 Mary J., b. Deering, July 4, 1841. 

2 Sabrina, b. W., June 13, 1844. 

3 Clara A., b. Kingston, July 4, 1846. 

4 Lettie M., b. Kingston, Sept. 3, 1848. ^ 

(6) Henry, b. W., Dec. 31, 1818; m. Hannah P., dau. 
of Henry Collins of W., Sept. i, 1840 ; res. in Wilmot and 
Washington. He was a soldier in Company I, i6th New 
Hampshire regiment, and died at Butte de la Rose, La., 
May 24, 1863. His widow res. in Hillsborough. Child- 
ren : — 

I George C, b. Wilmot, Dec. 2, 1841 ; m. Mary E. 
Brewer of Worcester, Mass., Jan. 2, 1869; res. in W.; he 
was a soldier in the 8th New Hampshire regiment during 
the Rebellion. Children : — 

Nettie B., b. W., Oct. 3, 1870. 

Estella F., b. W., Apr. 7, 1872. 

Fred W., b. W., Feb. 16, 1874; d. June 13, 1874. 

Lula F., b. W., May 27, 1875 ; d. June 13, 1881. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 355 

Ora M., b. W., Aug. 7, 1877. 
Charles E., b. W., Dec. 7, 1880. 
George H., b. W., Nov. 8, 1882. 
Winnefred W., b. W., May 13, 1885. 

2 Harvey B., b. W., June 15, 1844; m. Lydia L. Ring 
of Newbury in 1867, who d. June 18, 1880. His second 
wife was Mrs. Ervilla (Hoyt) Frazer, whom he m. Sept. 
10, 1881 ; les. Newport. Children : — 

Frank S., b. Newport, July 27, 1882. 
William M., b. Newport, Nov. 28, 1883. 

3 Annie P., b. W., May 24, 1847 ! ™- Charles F. H. 
Woodbury, Mar. 14, 1864. Their child, Ella D., b. Feb. 
12, 1865. Her second husband is William J. Eaton of 
Everett, Mass., whom she m. Apr. 10, 1874. They res. 
in W. 

4 Rose E., b. W., Sept. 21, 185 1 ; m. Willis Dinsmore 
of Peterborough, in 1870. He died Jan. i, 1873, and she 
was again m. to Joseph Senott of Newport, Nov. 11, 1879. 

5 Jason K., b. W., Dec. ,23, 1854; m. Martha E. 
Keyes of Claremont, June 5, 1883; res. in Claremont. 
Child :— 

Orvis L., b. Claremont, Dec. 25, 1884. 

6 Hattie R., b. W., Aug. 7, 1858 ; d. P^eb. 7, 1863. 

(7) Jonathan, b. W., Sept. 26, 1821 ; m. Mrs. Mary J. 
Sleeper, June 6, 185 1 ; res. in W., and is engaged in 
farming. Children : — 

1 Louisa L., b. W., Oct. 20, 1854 ; m. Sidney J. Dow- 
lin, Aug. 16, 1881 ; res. in Henniker. 

2 Issie L., b. W., Apr. 16, 1856 ; d. Mar. 6, 1861. 

II. 

Joseph, Jr., b. Washington, July 17, 1784 ; m. Hannah 

Mills of Claremont, Dec. 28, 181 5 ; she d. July 29, 1839, 

and he was again married to Mary Wood, dau. of Ebene- 

zer Wood of W., Oct. 18, 1840. He was through life a 



356 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

resident of W., and was a successful farmer. He was for 
many years a deacon in the Baptist church in East Wash- 
ington. He died Jan. 12, 1869; his wife died Sept. 4, 
1866. Children: — 

(i) Jason E., b. W., May 21, 1819; m. Sarah A., dau. 
of Samuel Crane, Sept. 16, 1844 ; d. at Maquoketa, Iowa, 
Apr. 4, 1870. Children: — 

1 Fayette E., b. Schroon, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1848; d. 
Jan. 22, 1877. 

2 Ellen E., b. Maquoketa, Iowa, Oct. 21, 1850. 

3 Joseph E,, b. " Mar. 6, 1854; d. Mar. 
23, 1874. 

4 Willard F., b. Maquoketa, Iowa, June 23, 1857. 

5 George L., b. " Aug. 17, 1862. 

(2) Alfred G., b. W., July i, 1821 ; m. Almira Nichols 
of Antrim, Aug. 14, 1845. After his wife's death he m. 
Mrs. Rosa Ball, Dec. 24, 1874. He has res. in Washing- 
ton and different places in Massachusetts. He now res. 
in Somerville, Mass. Children : — 

1 Frederick A., b. Boston, Mass., Sept. 19, 1848. 

2 Clarence A., b. Washington, Jan. 26, 185 1. 

(3) Hannah J., b. W., May 12, 1825 ; d. May 20, 1840. 

(4) Nancy E., b. W., Apr, 19, 1827; m. George W. 
Gage of Wilton, Sept. 16, 1845 ! ^^s. in Wilton and 
Washington, and at present in Medford, Mass. 

(5) Julia A., b. W., July i, 1831 ; m. John Wood of 
W., Jan. 4, 1853 ; res. in W. 

(6) J. George W., b. W., Jan. 14, 1834; m. Melissa 
Vinton, Apr. 17, 1861 ; entered United States army from 
Iowa during the Rebellion, and died at Memphis, Tenn. 

(7) Caroline J., b. W., June 16, 1838 ; d. Sept. 16, 1839. 

III. 

Samuel, b. W., May 5, 1786; m. Katurah Roundy of 
Lempster, Mar. 21, 1813. He was a blacksmith and car- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 357 

ried on business at Washington Center, his shop being lo- 
cated on the road leading past the cemetery. They rem. 
to Moriah, N. Y., in 1826, and to Maquoketa, Iowa, in 
1855, where he d. Dec. 5, 1857. ^^^ '^i^^ *^- J^^^- 9' 1856. 
Children : — 

(i) James H., b. W., Jan. 23, 1815 ; m. Abial Reed of 
Moriah, N. Y., Mar. 23, 1843 ; rem. to Maquoketa, Iowa, 
in 1854, where he still res. Children : — 

1 Mary J., b. Moriah, N. Y., June 16, 1844. 

2 Watson E., b. " Jan. 14, 1850. 

3 Julia E., b. Maquoketa, Iowa, Jan. 18, 1856. 

(2) Mary A., b. W., Sept. 9, 1816; d. in Maquoketa, 
Iowa, Mar. 10, 1883. 

(3) Lettie H., b. W., Oct. 11, 1818; d. in Moriah, N, 
Y., July 27, 1842. 

(4) Samuel N., b. W., Aug. 11, 1820; m. Mary A. 
Haven, at Moriah, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1843 ; rem. to Maquoke- 
ta, Iowa, in 1845, where he still resides. Children: — 

1 Louisa A., b. Maquoketa, Iowa, Nov. 4, 1846. 

2 Charles D., b. " Sept. 24, 1850. 

3 Nettie C, b. " Feb. 26, 1853. 

4 Francis H., b. " Mar. 27, 1855 ; d. 
Mar. 9, 1872. 

5 Minnie E., b. Maquoketa, Iowa, Jan. 8, 1864. 

(5) Sarah A., b. W., Feb. 16, 1823 ; m. Jason E. Crane, 
son of Dea. Joseph Crane of W., Sept. 16, 1844; res. Ma- 
quoketa, Iowa. 

(6) Francis H., b. W., Apr. 7, 1826; m. Jane Tillot- 
son, at Moriah, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1847; rem. to Maquoketa, 
Iowa, in 1848; d. Nov. 14, 1854. Children: — 

1 Ransford W., b. Maquoketa, Iowa, Aug. 28, 1849. 

2 Marion L., b. " Dec. 7, 185 1. 

3 Cephas P., b. " Dec. 14, 1853. 

(7) ■ Fayette W., b. Moriah, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1829; m. 



358 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Amont A. Reed, at Moriah, N. Y., Jan. i, 1852 ; rem. to 
Maquoketa, Iowa, in 1855. Children: — 

1 Willard S., b. Moriah, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1853; d. Mo- 
riah, Apr. 14, 1855. 

2 Harlan S., b. Maquoketa, Iowa, Oct. 20, i860. 

3 Elmer R., b. " Apr. 10, 1862. 

4 Clyde J., b. " Mar. 25, 1869. 

(8) Almira E., b. Moriah, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1832; m. 
John H. Simeral of Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 9, 1852; res. 
in Silverton, Oregon. 

IV. 

Lydia, b. W., June 8, 1787; m. Rufus Severance, Jr., 
of W., Mar. 22, 1812 ; res. in W.; d. Jan. 6, 1877. 

V. 

William B., b. W., July 8, 1790; m. Hannah Grandy of 
Marblehead, Mass.; res. in Washington, Alexandria and 
Deering ; farmer and brick manufacturer ; d. in Deering, 
Oct. 16, 1873; his wife d. Mar. 22, 1878. Children: — 

(i) Martha, b. W., July 8, 181 5. 

(2) Lydia, b. W., Eeb. 28, 18 17. 

(3) Eliza, b. W., Mar. 14, 1820. 

{4) William, b. W., Apr. 9, 1822 ; m. Lovilla Stevens, 
Nov. 15, 1849; ^^s. Deering. Children: — 

1 J. S., b. Concord, Aug. 14, 1850. 

2 Lydia, b. Deering, June 23, 1854. 

3 George, b. " Apr. 9, i860. 

4 Henry, b. " Apr. 9, i860. 

5 Emma, b. , Oct. 28, 1866. 

6 Maria, b. , Feb. 28, 1869. 

(5) Solomon, b. Nov. 17, 1825. 

(6) Simon, b. Nov. 17, 1825. 

VI. 
Solomon, b. W., Mar. 26, 1793 ; m. Elizabeth Mills of 
Claremont, who d. May 22, 1846. His second wife was 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 359 

Mrs. Lucy Proctor, widow of Moses D. Proctor of W., 
whom he married Feb. 1 1, 1847. He was a farmer and 
always resided in Washington; he d. Sept. i, 1858; his 
wife d. Apr. i, 1870. Children: — 

(i) Isaiah K., b. W., Feb. 28, 1820; m. Olive C. Heald 
of VV., Feb. 17, 1842; she d. in W., Apr. 23, 1855. He 
removed to Iowa in 1855, ^^^''cl was married to Margaret 
A, Smith, Feb. 13, 1865. He fought three years for the 
Union during the Rebellion. He is a prosperous farmer 
and resides in Maquoketa, Iowa. Children : — 

(1st wife.) 

1 John H., b. W., Mar. 8, 1844. 

2 James C, b. W., Sept. 20, 1846, 

(2nd wife) 

3 R. Eddy, b. Maquoketa, Iowa, Jan. 16, 1866. 

4 S. Bird, b. " Apr. 18, 1867. 

(2) Amariah, b. W., Nov. 23, 1822; m. Susan , 

dau. of Jesse Crane of W., Feb. 27, 1845; -res. in W. 
Children : — 

1 Ellen J., b. W., Nov. 15, 1845 ; m. Clinton D. Fow- 
ler, Jan. I, 1868 ; res. in W. 

2 Charlotte A., b. W., Dec. 11, 1847; m. John W. 
Crane of W., Dec. 30, 1869; res. in W. many years ; now 
res. in Hillsborough. 

3 Olive A., b. W., Aug. 30, 185 1 ; m. Hale C. Craig, 
Jan. 20, 1877 ; res. in W. 

4 Alfred W,, b. W., Sept. 20, 1852; res. in W. 

5 Charles T., b. W., May 23, 1853 ; d. Feb. 17, 1863. 

(3) James A., b. W., Feb. 9, 1829; m. Philinda L. 
Proctor, Dec. 21, 1848; res. in W. Children: — 

1 Lizzie M., b. W., Oct. 7, 185 1 ; m. Justin O. Smith, 
Sept. 15, 1877. 

2 George W., b. W., Mar. 13, 1858 ; m. Mary S. Gove 
Jan. I, 1881 ; res. in W. Child: — 



360 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Ethel N., b.»W., Aug. 10, 1882. 

3 Minnie B., b. W., Feb. 23, 1869. 

(4) Sarah A., b. W., Feb. 25, 1827 ; d. Sept. 23, 1834. 

(5) Eliza J., b. W., Dec. 25, 1829; d. July 19, 1830. 

(6) Franklin, b. W., Mar. 30, 1832 ; d. Mar. 28, 1835. 

(7) Sarah J., b. W., Nov. 3, 1834; m. Elbridge G. 
Babb, Mar. 10, 1859; res. in Goshen. 

(8) Franklin L., b. W., Apr. 16, 1837; ^- Lydia Bus- 
well of Wilmot, Mar. 29, i860; res. in W. 

(2ud wife) 

(9) Freeman, b. Nov. — , 1847; d. Sept. 26, 1868. 

VII. 

Ziba, b. W., Nov. 19, 1796; m. Roxanna,dau. of Israel 
Proctor of W., Sept. 7, 1824; she d. in W., Apr. 27; 1844. 
He was again married to Eunice Boutelle of Antrim, Aug. 
22, 1844, who survives him. He began married life in 
Merrimack, but soon returned to his native town, which 
was afterward his home. He was a blacksmith and farm- 
er, and was an industrious citizen. He was distinguished 
for the uprightness of his life, and was a strong friend 
and advocate of the cause of religion. He died Oct. 21, 
1885. Children:— 

(i)' Roxanna M., b. Merrimack, Nov. 25, 1825; m. 
Henry Smith of W., Nov. 5, 1845 ; res. in W. 

(2) Emily G., b. Mar. 9, 1828 ; d. Apr. 13, 1855. 

(3) Willard, b. W., May 9, 1830; m. Harriet P. Miller 
of Lempster, Nov. 5, 1856. About the time of his mar- 
riage he went to Burlington, Vt., and engaged in the lum- 
ber trade, in which business he has ever since been en- 
gaged. In company with his brother, David G. Crane, 
he carries on a very extensive business in the manufacture 
and sale of lumber, not only at Burlington but in other 
parts of the country. Children : — 

I Arthur G., b. Burlington, Vt., May 5, 1858 ; m. Mary 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 361 

J. Richardson of Burlington, May, 1880; res. in Burling- 
ton. 

2 Stella H., b. Burlington, Vt., Mar. 3, 1866. 

(4) David G., b. W., Aug. 7, 1834; m. Sarah S. Zott- 
man of Burlington, Vt., Mar. 11, 1858. When a young 
man he went to Burlington, Vt., and engaged in the lum- 
ber trade with his brother Willard. As has been already 
stated they have been eminently successful in their busi- 
ness and have acquired a handsome property. Children : 

1 Clarence G., b. Burlington, Feb. 10, 1859. 

2 Howard, b. Burlington, Sept. 24, 1866. 

(2nd wife) 

(5) Kate L., b. W., May 2, i860; m. Charles W. J. 
Fletcher, Oct. 29, 1S78 ; res. in W. 

VIII. 

James, b. W., June 21, 1799 ; m. Tammy Say ward. Mar. 
6, 1828. He was a farmer and res. in Washington and 
Antrim. He died in Antrim, July 20, 185 1. His wife d. 
in Boston, June 18, 1878. Children: — 

I Elizabeth S., b. W., May 11, 1829; m. Henry Mc- 
Coy of Sharon, N. H., Jan. 8, 1850; res. in Bradford. 

(2) Henrietta M., b. W., Mar. 8, 1831 ; m. Samuel A. 
Fletcher of Antrim, Apr. 29, 185 1 ; rem. to Bunker Hill, 
III, in 1857, where she d. Sept. 26, 1883. 

Another branch of the family, spelling its name Grain, 
has been long- in town. 

Joshua Grain, who was a son of Abiah Crane, was a na- 
tive of Connecticut, and settled in Alstead, N. H. Dr. 
Joshua Grain, son of Joshua, was born in Alstead ; studied 
medicine with Dr. Kittredge of Walpole, and practiced 
his profession at Hillsborough, where he died in 181 1. 
He is said to have been a man of fine abilities, and a pop- 
ular physician. 



362 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Joshua D. Grain, son of Dr. Joshua Grain, was born in 
Hillsborough, Oct. 30, 1809. He married Elizabeth Mi- 
nott of Hillsborough, Feb. 21, 1837, and settled in Wash- 
ington in 1839, the first two years of their married life hav- 
ing been spent in Unity. They resided at the east part of 
the town, two and a half miles south of East Washington 
village. He was a man of industrious habits, of good in- 
tellect, and was highly respected. He d. in W., Aug. 4, 
1870; his wife d. in W., Apr. 5, 1884. Ghildren : — 

I. 

Sylvanus O., b. W., May 2, 1840; d. Feb. 16, 1841. 

11. 

Sarah E., b. W., June 20, 1842; m. John L. Safford of 
W., Sept. 26, 1871 ; res. in W. 

Orlando T. Grain is the son of Joshua, and grandson of 
Samuel Grane of Bradford, and was born in Bradford, July 
26, 1 83 1. He became a resident of Washington in 1869, 
where he has since resided, engaged in blacksmithing. 
He married Mary F., dau. of Luther A. Mellen of W., 
Feb. 10, 1870. Ghild : — 

I. 

Edwin M., b. W., Jan. 20, 1871. 

CURTICE. 

Philbrick Gurti|e was born in Windsor, May 18, 1800. 
His father was Isaac Curtice, and the ancestors of the 
family are believed to have been residents of Amherst. 
He married Jenny Curtice, Mar. 3, 1825, and settled in 
Windsor. He afterward removed to Danbury, where his 
wife died Aug. 30, 1850. His second wife was Mrs. Ann 
F. (Locke) Graves, widow of Thaddeus Graves, Jr., of 
Washington, whom he married Apr. 22, 1852. They re- 
sided a short time in Danbury, then removed to Wash- 
ington, and thence to Nashua. After residing a few 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 363 

years in Nashua, they returned to Washington, which was 
afterward their home. He was a man of good mind and 
was highly respected. He died June 19, 188 1 ; his wife 
died Mar. 20, 1883. By his first wife he had eight child- 
ren, most of whom settled in the South and West. His 
children by his second wife are : — 

I. 

Isaac W., b. Danbury, Mar. 18, 1855 ; m. Melvina L. 
Fletcher of Newport, Sept. 5, 1877; res. in Boston and 
Waltham, Mass., and since 1883, in W. Children : — 

(i) Fred P., b. Boston, July 30, 1878. 

(2) Edward S., b. Waltham, Mass., Aug. 26, 1880. 

II. 

Fred A., b. W., Jan. 22, 1859; d. Oct. 17, 1861. 

CUTTING. 

Alexis Cutting, son of Alexis Cutting of Hanover, mar- 
ried Esther R. Hill, dau. of Warren W. Hill of Washing- 
ton, June 3, 1852, and resided at Washington Center un- 
til 1859, when he rem. to Lebanon. In 1870, he rem. to 
Winchester, Mass., where they still reside. 

Andrew J. Cutting, son of Alexis Cutting of Hanover, 
was born in Hanover, Mar. 29, 1830. He married Corne- 
lia H. Spaulding, dau. of Gardner and Rebecca Spaulding 
of W., Mar. 6, 1858, and with the exception of a brief res- 
idence in Hillsborough, has always resided in Washing- 
ton. He has been engaged in shoe-making and black- 
smithing, and more recently has been engaged in trade. 
Children : — 

I. 

Alice C, b. W., Mar. 26, 1861 ; d. July 25, 1863. 

II. 

Frank S., b. W., Apr. 7, 1868. 



364 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

III. 

Abbie C, b. W., May 29, 1870. 

IV. 
Myrtie M., b. W., Oct. 31, 1872 ; d. Aug. 25, 1873. 

V. 
Bertha M., b. W., Oct. 31, 1872; d. Aug. 25, 1873. 

DANFORTH. 

Lieut. David Danforth son of Jonathan Danforth of 
Billerica, Mass., came to Washington prior to the Revolu- 
tion, and settled on the farm occupied, at a later period, by 
John Ball, near the eastern shore of Millen Pond. He 
built a log house, and later erected the large two story 
house now standing on the opposite side of the road. He 
married Hannah Proctor of Chelmsford, Mass., in 1770. 
She was a sister of Capt. William Proctor, one of the 
early settlers of Washington. He died Mar. i, 1815, aged 
68 years. His wife died Jan. 12, 1842, aged 99 years, 
Children : — 

I. 

Eli, b. W., Oct. 27, 1773. His birth is said to be the 
first which was recorded among the records of the town. 

He was a cooper, and resided first in Washington, then 
in Ohio, but finally returned to his native town, where he 
died Dec. 7, 1866, aged 93 yrs. He had one daughter who 
died unmarried. His adopted son, Calvin Danforth, m. 
Emma Davis, Dec. 5, 1841, and died in W., Apr. 26, 1851, 
aged 30 yrs. 

II. 

Israel, b. W., June 25, 1775 ; removed to Norridgewock, 
Me., in 1803; m. Sally Waite, Jan. 16, 1806; spent his 
entire married life in Norridgewock, where he was a pop- 
ular inn keeper. He died Aug. 14, 1855. His wife died 
Jan. 2, 1866. Children: — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 365 

(i) Hannah, b. Norridgewock, Me., Sept. 15, 1806. 

(2) Sarah, b. " Dec. i, 1807. 

(3) Martha, b. " Apr. 11, 1809. 

(4) David, b. " Mar. 17, 181 1. 

{5) Isaac, b. " Nov. 20, 181 2; m. 

Nancy Doane in 1838 ; res. in Bangor, Me. 

(6) Charles, b. Norridgewock, Me., Aug. i, 1815; m. 
Julia S. Dinsmore, Jan. 15, 1845. ^^ studied law, and 
for twenty-two years has been a judge of the supreme 
court of Maine. He resides in Gardner, Me. where his 
wife died in Sept., 1880. 

(7) Franklin, b. Norridgewock, Me., July 16, 1817; m. 
Eliza A. Rogers, Sept. 26, 1843 ; resides in Norridge- 
wock, Me. 

(8) Calvin, b. Norridgewock, Me., Apr. 26, 18 19. 

(9) Emily, b. " Feb. 5, 1821, res. 
Norridgewock, Me. 

(10) Julia, b. Norridgewock, Me., Mar. 14, 1823. 

(11) George, b. " Feb. 8, 1825. 

III. 
Hannah, b. W., Mar. 21, 1777; m. Reuben Farnsworth 
of W. ; res. in W., where she d. Nov. 15, 1843. 

IV. 
David, Jr., b. W., Apr. 25, 1779; m. Eleanor, dau. of 
Joshua Haynes of W., Dec. 18, 1804. They res. in W., 
and later in Claremont where he died. His descendants 
reside in the South. They had two children born in Wash- 
ington : — 

(i) Hepzibah, b. W., Oct. 26, 1805. 
(2) David, b. W., Feb. 18, 181 1. 

V. 

Jonathan, b. W., Feb. 13, 1782 ; m. Martha, dau. of John 
Barney of W., Apr. 4, 1805 ; res. in W., on the Marlow 
road, on the farm known as the Jefts place. Subsequently 
they removed to Claremont, where they resided for a time, 



366 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

and then returned to Washington, where they spent the 
remainder of their lives. His wife died July 9, 1827 and 

he was again m. to Anna . 

He died Nov. 26, 1863. His wife d. Feb. 10, 1875 aged 
91 yrs. Children : — 

(i) Hannah, b. W., Apr. 22, 1807; m. Samuel S. Cook 
of Bradford, Jan. 30, 1834, res. in Bradford many years. 
She now res. in W. 

(2) David, b. W., ; d. in infancy. 

(3) Martha, b. W., Feb. 7, 1814; m. Joseph Hoyt of 
Waltham, Mass., Jan., 1835 ; res. in Providence, R. I. 

(4) Sarah, b. W., Oct. 4, 1818; m. Harvey M. Bow- 
man, May I, 1850; res. in Providence, R. I., New York 
City, and Washington, N. H. The last named place being 
their present place of residence. 

(5) Jonathan N., b. W., Feb. i, 1820; res. in Prov- 
idence, R. I., where he d. in 1846. 

(6) Isaac N., b. W., Mar. 31, 1822; d. in Providence, 
R. I., in 1846. 

VI. 

Isaac, b. W., Sept. 10, 1785 ; m. ; res. in Boston, 

and afterward in Concord, N. H., where he died. 

DAVIS. 

Several families bearing the name of Davis have set- 
tled in Washington at different times. The first of the 
name to settle here were descendants of Dolor Davis, who 
was born in Kent, England, about the year 1600, and who 
appeared in Cambridge, Mass., as early as 1635. He also 
resided in Barnstable, Mass., where he died. 

Simon^ son of Dolor Davis, was born in 1736. He re- 
sided in Concord, Mass., where his son, Ebenezer Davis^ 
was born Jan. i, 1676. 

Ebenezer Davis had a son Eleazer^ born in Lancaster 
or Concord, Mass., Jan. 4, 1703 ; died March 26, 1762. 




HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 367 

Ebenezer Davis, by a second wife (Sarah French), had a 
son, Josiah*, born, probably in Lancaster, Mass., about the 
year 1725. 

Ephraim Davis^, son of Eleazer and Sarah Davis, was 
born in Harvard, Mass., Jan. 2, 1737, O. S. He married 
Sarah Farnsworth of Harvard, Sept. 26, 1763. She was 
a sister of Simeon Farnsworth, Jr., one of the earliest 
settlers of Washington. 

Ephraim Davis was a soldier in the Revolution and 

held the rank of major. He was a member of an expe- 

, dition into New Jersey while in the Service, and his jour- 

1^ nal, giving an account of it, is now in the possession of 

^ bis grandson, Mr. Edward W. Davis of New York City. 

He removed to Washington prior to 1785, and settled on 

the spot afterward known as the "Squire Sampson Place," 

at the centre of the town, now the home of John L. Saf- 

ford. He afterwards removed to the farm known as the 

"Ober Place," situated a mile and a half from the village, 

;on the Marlow road. He died Nov. 18, 181 3. His wife 

/died Jan. 11, 1843, aged 96 yrs. Children: — ' 

i I. 

Eleazer, b. Harvard, Mass., Sept. 13, 1764; d. Sept. 19, 
1764. 

Ephraim, b. Harvard, Mass., Nov. 16, 1765 ; res. in 
Hartland, Vt., where he died. Children : — 

(i) Ephraim, Jr., b. Hartland, Vt, Dec. 25, 1793 ; m. 
Nancy, dau. of Ebenezer Davis, of Washington, Mar. 13, 
1822 ; res. in W., where all of his children but the young- 
est, were born ; rem. to Marlborough, Mass., where he died 
Mar. 2, 1870. His wife d. in Marlborough, Mass., Nov. 
27, 1865. Children : — 

I Charles F., b. W,, Dec. 19, 1822; m. Helen M. 
Knight, and res. in Marlborough, Mass. 




T)68 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

2 Albert, b, W., July i, 1825 ; m. Sarah A. Perkins 
of W., Jan. 27, 1853 ; res. in Marlborough, Mass. 

3 Martha E., b. W., Sept. 4, 1827 ; d. in Marlborough, 
Mass., Apr. 19, 1845. 

4 Caroline R., b. W., Aug. 22, 1829; res. in Marl- 
borough, Mass, 

5 George L., b. W., Oct. 14, 1832 ; m. Lois E. Plum- 
mer ; res. Marlborough, Mass. 

6 William H. H., b. Marlborough, Mass., Sept. 5, 
1841; m. Mary M. Andrews; res. in Boston, where he is 
engaged in trade. 

(2) John, b. Hartland, Vt. ; (date of birth uncertain) ; 
settled in Utah about the year 1838 ; married and had six 
children. 

(3) Ebenezer, b. Hartland, Vt., (date uncertain) ; d. in 
Gardner, Mass. 

(4) Daniel, b. Hartland, Vt., (date uncertain) ; d. in 
Gloucester, Mass. 

(5) Lucy, b. Hartland, Vt., 1800; d. in Unity, N. H., 
Mar., 1873. 

(6) Lydia, b. Hartland Vt., 1802; d. in Newport, N. 
H., June 23, 1862. 

(7) Polly, b. Hartland, Vt, Nov. 11, 1803; m. Daniel 
Templeton in 1829; res. in Hillsborough, where she d. 
Nov. 22, 1864. 

(8) William, b. Hartland, Vt., (date uncertain) ; d. 
in Gloucester, Mass. ; had two children, one of whom, 
Wm. H. Davis, res. in Boston. 

(9) Moses, b. Hartland, Vt., Apr. 14, 1807; m. Try- 
phina Wright of Newport, N. H., Apr. 14, 183 1 ; res. 
many years in Newport; afterward, res. some years in W., 
but finally returned to Newport ; where he d. Oct. 15, 
1882. Children; — 

I Hiram N., b. Newport, Jan. 3, 1832; m. Rebecca 
Waldron of Gilsum in 1859 (•'*)• 





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* HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 369 

2 Sarah J., b. Newport, Aug. 3, 1833; m. John Har- 
riman Mar. 31, 1857; res. in Hillsborough. 

3 Alvah, b. Newport, Mar. 16, 1835 ; m. Lovina J. 
Danforth, dau. of Calvin Danforth of W., June 23, 1864; 
res. in W. Children : — 

Emma J., b. Newport, Aug. 21, 1865. 
Issa T., b. Deering, June 13, 1868. 
Vina F., b. W., Mar. 16, 1876. 
Ella, b. Deering, Sept. 4, 1881. 

4 Thankful K., b. Newport, Aug. 13, 1837 ; m. Asahel 
Putnam, Aug. 31, 1859; ^es. in Newport. 

5 Andrew J., b. Newport, Feb. 9, 1839; ^- Ann L. 
Willis, in May, 1859; d. in Haverhill, Mass., Sept. 24, 1879. 

6 Abbie T., b. Newport, Aug. 8, 1840 m. Jen- 

ness, who d. . She m. Wm. B, Shaw, May 19, 1864; 

res. in W. 

7 Mary E., b. Newport Aug. 8, 1842 ; m. W. H. Brad- 
ley of West Newbury, Mass., Nov. 26, i860. After his 
death she m. Albert Cooper ; res. in Haverhill, Mass. 

8 Charles E., b. Newport, May 12, 1844; d. Aug. 13, 
1847. 

9 Martha E., b. Newport, May 19, 1847 > ^- Rollins A. 
Phillips, Dec. 20, 186^ ; res. in Rutland, Vt. 

10 Malissa A., b. Newport, Mar. 24, 1852; res. in Ha- 
verhill, Mass. 

(10) Conant, b. Hartland, Vt., (date uncertain) ; d. in 
Hartland, Vt. 

(11) Sarah, b. Hartland, Vt., in 1818; d. in Newport, 
N. H., Jan. 9, 1884. 

(12) Henry, b. Hartland, Vt, Feb. 12, 1820; m. Sarah 
A. Fairbanks of Newport, N. H., June 12, 1845 J d. in 
Newport, N. H., Feb. 16, i860. 

III. 
Esther, b. Harvard, Mass., Sept. 9, 1767; d. Aug. 16, 
1775. 



370 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. * 

IV. 

Sarah, b. Harvard, Mass., Aug. 31, 1769 ; d. in W., Sept. 
14, 1804. 

V. 

Submit, b. Harvard, Mass., Sept. 13, 1771 ; d. Sept. 20, 
1771. 

VI. 

Lucy, b. Harvard, Mass., Oct. 7, 1774; d. in W., Mar. 
26, 1788. 

VII. 

Lydia, b. Harvard, Mass., July 30, 1775; d. Aug. 24, 

1775- 

VIII. 

John, b. Harvard, Mass., July 29, 1776; m. Sarah Ste- 
vens Feb. 19, 1799; res. in W., many years; rem. to 
Waterbury, Vt., where he d. Feb. 26, 1826. His wife d. 
Mar. 27, 1826. Children: — 

(i) Sarah, b. Washington, Mar. 18, 1800; d. in Water- 
bury, Vt., May 12, 1874. 

(2) John, b. W., May 18. 1802 ; res. unknown 

(3) Lucy, b. W., Feb. 14, 1804; d. in Waterbury, Vt., 
in 1866. 

(4) Ebenezer, b. W., June 28, 1806; d. in Waterbury, 
May 18, 1885. 

(5) Eliza, b. W., Aug. 30, 1808 ; d. in Waterbury, Sept. 
19, 1828. 

(6) Isaac, b. W., Apr. 22, 1810 ; m, Silay , Oct. 

3, 1832 ; who d. May 31, 1867. His second wife was Cor- 
delia E. White, whom he m. Mar. 18, 1873. He res. in 
North Montpelier, Vt. Children : — 

(1st wife) 

1 Wm. T., b. July 7, 1833 5 d. in California, in 1867. 

2 Julalia A., b. Nov. 29, 1835 ; d. May 2, 1839. 

3 Isaac A., b. Dec. 31, 1838 ; d. Jan. 23, 1852. 

4 Emily C, b. Mar. 28, 1841 ; d. Jan. 22, 1852. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 37 1 

5 Salina S., b. Aug. 25, 1845 ! d. Jan. 21, 1852. 

(2nd wife) 

6 Leroy E., b. May 8, 1874; d. Apr. 23, 1875. 

7 Elmer E., b. June 26, 1876. 

(7) Daniel, b. W., Mar. 17, 1813 ; d. in infancy. 

IX. 
Daniel, b. Harvard, Mass., June 6, 1778 ; d. in W., Oct. 
27, 1798. 

X. 
Ebenezer, b. Harvard, Mass., Jan. 28, 1780; d. in W., 
Nov. 3, 1 80 1. 

XI. 
Lydia, b. Harvard, Mass., Oct. 14, 1781 ; m. Ebenezer 
Wood, Jr., of W., Feb. 7, 1805 ; res. in W., where she d. 
Sept. 10, 1857. 

XII. 
Polly, b. Oct. II, 1783; m. Joseph Severance of W.,, 
Aug. 22, 181 3 ; res. in W. and Lempster; d. in W., Sept.. 
13, 1857.- 

XIII. 

Moses, b. W., May 5, 1786; m. Polly Pierce of Hart- 
land, Vt.; res. in.W., and afterward in Lempster and Ac- 
worth. He d. in Acworth, Nov. 23, 1827; his wife d. in 
Hillsborough, Mar. 7, 1871. Children: — 

(i) Elzina, b. VV., Aug. 20, 1812; m. Levi Davis in- 
1836; res. in Hillsborough. 

(2) Moses, Jr., b. W., Jan. 9, 1814; m. Samantha 
Thornton; res. in Goshen; d. Jan. i, 1883. 

(3) Polly, b. W., Apr. 23, 1815 ; m. Mark Hill of 
Northwood, where they reside. 

(4) Louisa, b. Lempster, Jan. 19, 1817; m. Edmund 
L. Davis, June 26, 1855 ; res. in Hillsborough. 

(5) Alfred, b. Lempster, Oct. 25, 1818 ; res. in Goshen. 

(6) Abel, b. Lempster, Mar. 25, 1820; m. Lucy D., 
dau. of Joseph Severance of W.,, Sept. 18,. 1842, who d. in 



372 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

W., Feb. 4, 1854; he was again married to Sarah Gee of 
Marlow, Apr. 23, 1854. He rem. to Sutton and res. sev- 
eral years, but returned to W., where he d. May i, 1877. 
His wife d. in Claremont, July 20, 1884. His only child 
was by his first wife : — 

I Rosina A., b. W., Oct. 13, 1851 ; m. James N. Ea- 
ton, Aug. 2, 1870; res. in Newbury. 

(7) Hiram, b. Lempster, Sept. i, 1821 ; m. Matilda 
Eaton in 1848; res. in Lempster, where he died in 1872. 
Children : — 

1 Louisa M., b. Lempster, Oct. 12, 1853. 

2 Charles E., b. " Dec. 12, 1859; d. in 1885. 

(8) Sarah, b. Acworth, Aug. 19, 1823; d. Feb. 4, 
1824. 

(9) Emma, b. Acworth, Dec. 6, 1824; m. Calvin Dan- 
forth of W., Dec. 5, 1841, who d. Apr. 26, 1851. She 
was married to Stephen Barker, Oct. 3, 1852. He died 
June 27, 1859. Her third marriage was to Hiram Ste- 
vens, Jan. 30, 1 87 1. They res. in Deering. 

(10) Diana, b. Acworth, Jan. 31, 1827; d. Oct. 6. 
1847. 

XIV AND XV. 

Twin sons, b. W., Feb. 28, 1789 ; d. very young. 

XVI. 

William, b. W., Mar. 4, 1793; m. Mehitable, dau. of 
Ebenezer Davis, of W., June 2, 1818. She died in Cam- 
bridge, Mass., June 8, 1861. His second wife was Mrs. 
Martha (Davis) Kellom, widow of Francis. Kellom, and 
dau. of Timothy Davis of W. They were married June 2, 
1862. He was a citizen of Washington until 1830, and 
was employed as a marble worker. In 1830 he removed 
to Cambridge, Mass., and for several years was engaged 
in the manufacture and sale of stoves. He afterward en- 
gaged in the provision trade, and remained in that business 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 373 

many years. In 1868 he returned to Washington and re- 
sided at the east part of the town five years. His wife 
dying in the spring of 1873, he left Washington and took 
up his residence with his son, Edward W. Davis, of New 
York City, where he died Apr. 13, 1876. He was a man 
of sterling qualities, and highly esteemed. Children : — 

(i) George W., b. W., Apr. 13, 1819; d. Apr. 21, 1827. 

(2) Edward W., b. W., May 13, 1821 ; m. Anna M. At- 
wood, Sept. 27, 1 85 1. He is an extensive dealer in pro- 
visions in the firm of Davis, Atwood, & Co., of New York 
City. Previous' to his location in New York he was en- 
gaged in the same business in Cambridge, Mass. Children : 

1 Anna M., b. Cambridge, Mass., June 13, 1854; d. in 
New York City, Feb. 8, 1884. 

2 Edward W., Jr., b. Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 15, 1856; 
is a member of the firm of Davis, Atwood & Co., of New 
York. 

3 Frank A., b. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 9, 1857; d. 
Jan. 14, 1859. 

4 Lillian A., b. Cambridge, Mass., Feb. i, 1861. 

5 Isaac A., b. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 7, 1863; is a 
clerk for Davis, Atwood & Co., New York City. 

6 Etta M., b. New York City, Dec. 29, 1869. 

(3) Joseph F., b. W., Feb. 14, 1826; m. Rebecca G. 
Atwood, Sept. 5, 1847 ; was engaged in the provision 
trade in New York City; d. Feb. 16, 1871. 

Josiah Davis'*, who was mentioned near the beginning 
of this sketch as having been born in Lancaster, Mass., 
about the year 1725, was the father of several children 
who settled in Washington. Their names were Josiah, 
Jr., Timothy, Ebenezer, and Betsey. Josiah Davis^, Jr., 
was born in Harvard, Mass. (.''), about the year 1754. He 
came to Washington at an early date, owning land here 
as early as 1778. It is supposed that he resided in the 
Mountain district, south-west of the residence of Capt. 



374 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Sweet. He married Susannah , by whom he had 

several children He died in Washington, Sept. 8, 1794, 
at the early age of forty years. Children : — 

I. 
Josiah, 3d, b. W., July 26, 1779; settled in New Bruns- 
wick, 

II. 

James, b. W., Apr. 27, . 

III. 

Thomas, b. W., Jan. 2, ; m. Grace Draper of W., 

Nov. 15, 1805. 

Ebenezer Davis^, son of Josiah Davis, Sen., was born 
in Harvard, Mass., Feb. 8, 1757. He married Rehef 
Farnsworth, sister of Simeon Farnsworth, Jr., and settled 
in Washington as early as 1779. They resided in the 
Mountain district, near the residence of Capt. Moses 
Dinsmore, where they reared a large family of children. 
Before coming to Washington he served three months in 
the Revolution, and was stationed with the reserve force 
on Winter Hill during the battle of Bunker Hill. His 
wife died Mar. 14, 1825, and he soon afterward removed 

to Boston, where he married Mrs. Hopkins. He 

died about the year 1833 or 1834. Children: — 

I. 

Betsey, b. W., Mar. 29, 1781 ; d. in W., 1 820-1 830. 

II. 

Lucy, b. W., Nov. 23, 1784; m. Jeremiah Fletcher of 
W., Dec. 24, 1809; d. in W., May 27, 1852. 

III. 

Polly, b. W., Apr. 5, 1787, m. Wm. Carr, Nov. 20, 
1816; res. in Newport. 

IV. 

Sally, b. W., Oct. 17, 1791 ; m. William Watts of Hills- 
borough, Nov, 4, 181 2; res. in Hillsborough and Wash- 
ington, but finally rem. to Maiden, Mass., where she died. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 375 

V. 

Mehitable, b. W., Mar. 30, 1793 ; m. Wm. Davis of W., 
June 2, 1818; d. in Cambridge, Mass., June 8, 1861. 

VI. 

Ebenezer, Jr., b. W., July 10, 1795 ; res. in Boston and 
carried on business in Faneuil Hall market ; he d. in 1 840. 

VII. 

Samuel, b. W., Nov. 24, 1797; m. Susan, dau. of Dea. 
John Millen of W., Sept. 24, 1818 ; res. in W., until 1829, 
afterward in Cambridge, Newton and Brighton, Mass.; he 
d. in Brighton, Mass., July 14, 1875 ; his wife died in 
Brighton, Sept. 2, 1853. Children: — 

(i) Charlotte, b. W., ; m. George Burbank ; 

res. Warren", Mass. 

(2) Betsey, b. W., ; m. Nathaniel Niles ; res. 

Brighton, Mass. 

(3) Samuel, Jr., b. W., Nov. 21, 1822; m. Helen F. 
Stone, Apr. 7, 1845 ; has res. in Brighton, Newton and 
Cambridge, Mass.; now res. in Cambridge; has been en- 
gaged in butchering and in the provision trade. Child- 
ren : — 



I 


S. Austm, b. Brighton, 


[Vlass., Apr. 24, i«4« 


2 


Emma P., b. " 


July 12, 1850. 


3 


Eliza G., b. " 


Jan. 18, 1853. 


4 


Charles C, b, " 


Jan. 16, 1855. 


5 


Herbert S., b. 


Sept. 3, 1861. 


6 


Lester, b. " 


Mar. 9, 1869. 



(4) Gardner, b. W., Oct. 21, 1825; m. Hepzibah 
Thomas, and, 2ndly, Kate R. Merrill ; res. Brighton, Mass. 

(5) Mary, b. W., , 1827; m. Elisha Brewer; 

res. Brighton, Mass. 

(6) Martha, b. W., July 21, 1829; m. Otis Bates, and, 
2nd, Benj. Putnam ; res. in Brighton, Mass. 

(7) Sophronia, b. Newton, Mass., Mar. 22, 1831 ; m. 
Daniel G. Dimon ; res. New York. 



3/6 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(8) Sumner, b. Newton, Mass., Nov. — , 1833 ; m. Su- 
san Williams; res. Somerville, Mass. 

(9) Amanda, b. Brighton, Mass., Oct. — , 1838; m. 
George L. Town send ; res. Worcester, Mass. 

(10) George H., b. Brighton, Mass., Aug. 16, 1840; m. 
Margaret J. Payne ; res. Boston. 

VIII. 

Nancy, b. W., Oct. 19, 1799; m. Ephraim Davis, Jr., of 
W., Mar. 13, 1822; res. in W., and afterward in Marl- 
borough, Mass., where she d. Nov. 27, 1865. 

Timothy Davis^, son of Josiah, and brother of Ebene- 
zer, was born in Harvard, Mass., Sept. 14, 1761. He mar- 
ried Sally , and resided in Washington in the 

Mountain district, a few rods north of his brother Ebene- 
zer's residence, and a half mile east of Capt. Moses Dins- 
more's. He died Sept. 24, 1829. Children: — 

I. 

Martha, b. W., May 21, 1793; m. Francis Kellom of 
Hillsborough, Nov. 4, 18 12. After his death she married 
William Davis of Cambridge, Mass., June 2, 1862 ; she 
d. in W., Apr. 8, 1873. 

11. 

Anne, b. W., Feb. 17, 1795; m. Allen Paine of W., 
June 14, 1819; rem. to Pottsdam, N, Y., (now Morley), 
where they died, 

III. 

Reuben, b. W., Nov. 10, 1798; m. Mary Petts, dau. of 
James Petts of W.; res. Waltham, Mass. 

IV. 

Hezekiah, b. W., Aug. 6, 1800; m. Diadema, dau. of 
Joshua Fletcher of W., Aug. 10, 1820; res. in the north 
part of W. some years ; rem. to Watertown, Mass., in 
1831 ; d. in Lancaster, Mass., in 1843. His widow res. in 
Lempster, N. H. Children : — 




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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 377 

(i) Phineas P., b. W., May 13, 1821 ; m. Sarah C. 
Rice of New Boston, May 4, 1847 ; res. in Concord ; loco- 
motive engineer; accidentally killed at Salem, N. H., 
Mar. 8, 1864. 

(2) Susan F., b. W., Jan. 15, 1823; m. Thomas Mc- 
Allister, July 9, 1850; d. in Lempster, May 21, 1877. 

(3) Juliett F., b. W., June 17, 1825 ; m. George W. 
Holt of Lyndeborough, June 9, 1846; d. in Nashua, Aug. 
8, 1848. 

(4) George W., b. W., Oct. 2, 1828; m. Maria H. 
Tenney of Baldwinsville, Mass., May 25, 1854; res. in 
Nashua, and is engaged in the manufacture of machinery. 

(5) John L., b. W., Nov. 4, 1830; m. Mary E. Averill 
of Northfield, Vt., May 23, i860; locomotive engineer; 
res. in Bellows Falls, Vt; killed, accidentally, Feb. 8, 1881. 

V. 

Josiah, b. W., ; m. Sarah Petts, dau. of James, 

Petts of W.; res. in Norfolk, Mass. 

VI. 

Lucinda, b. W., ; m. Joel Colburn, and, 2nd, 

John Williams. 

VII. 
Phineas, b. W., Aug. 19, 1807 ; m. Eliza Hopkins, Oct. 
13, 1831 ; res. in Charlestown, Boston and Somerville, 
Mass.; d. Mar. 25, 1885; his wife d. Apr. 17, 1881. 
Children : — 

(i;) Timothy A., b. Dec. 28. 1832; d. Apr. 25, 1835. 

(2) Lucinda A., b. Nov. 2, 1835 ; d. Oct. — , 1836. 

(3) Sarah, b. Nov. n, 1838; d. Apr. 10, 1842. 

(4) Elizabeth K., b. Jan. 19, 1841 ; d. in Somerville, 
Mass., June 12, 1883. 

(5) .Charles E., b. Feb. 9, 1843 > ^^ l^st accounts in 
Pueblo, Colorado. 

(6) Harriet N., b. Charlestown, Mass., Sept. 21, 1848; 
d. at Somerville, Mass., Apr. 23, 1879. 



378 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(7) Phineas J., b. Charlestown, Mass., Feb. 19, 1856; 
res. in Somerville, Mass. 

VIII. 

Relief, b. W., ; m. Peter Brown ; d. in Waltham, 

Mass. 

Betsey Davis^, sister of Josiah, Jr., Ebenezer and Tim- 
othy Davis, was born at Harvard, Mass., June 15, 1764. 
She married Jeremiah Bacon, and res. in Washington, 
where she d. Aug. 12, 1799. 

Edmund Davis was a son of Edmund Davis, who, with 
his brothers, James and Jonathan, came from Paxton, 
Mass., to Hancock, N. H., and settled about the year 
1779 or 1780. He was born in Hancock in 1781, and in 
youth served as clerk in a store in Hancock, and while so 
employed, acquired the rudiments of a good business edu- 
cation. He became a teacher in time, and about the 
year 1800 he went to East Washington to teach the vil- 
lage school, where he remained about a year. It is be- 
lieved that he was the first teacher employed after the 
erection of a school house in that part of the town. 
While engaged in teaching in Washington he became ac- 
quainted with Mary Graves, dau. of Dea. Wm. Graves of 
Washington, which resulted in their marriage, Jan. 5, 
1803. They settled in Hancock, where he was employed 
by Gordon & Seaton, general merchants. At the ex- 
piration of about two years the firm sent him to Charles- 
town, Mass., to look after their interests in that city, and 
there he remained until the business failure of his em- 
ployers in 1807. They then removed to East Washing- 
ton, where the remainder of their lives were spent. He 
owned saw and grist mills a short distance below the 
spot where Mason H. Carr's mill now stands. He was 
also employed in teaching for some time after his settle- 
ment in Washington. He excelled as a disciplinarian, 
and his services were much sought for in schools difficult 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 379 

to govern. He was the first postmaster in East Wash- 
ington, and retained the position many years. He died 
Aug. 9, 1859 ; his wife died Apr. 4, 1875. Children : — 

I. 

Infant, b. W., Apr. r, 1804; d. Apr. 22, 1804. 

II. 

Francis, b. Hancock, Oct. 16, 1805; removed to the 
state of New York, in 1827; m. Betsey Knight at Crown 
Point, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1828. She died in Hopkinton, N. 
Y., Jan. 28, i860, and he m. Mrs. Ann Foster, Nov. 4, 
i860. He resides at Fort Jackson, N. Y.-, and is largely 
interested in farming and milling. Children : — 

(i) Mary E., b. Crown Point, N. Y., July 2, 1829; m. 
Horace K. Sopor, Dec. 12, 1854; res. in Glidden, Iowa. 

(2) Julia M., b. Crown Point, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1831 ; m. 
Hugh Kennedy, Jan. 8, 1854; res. in Animosa, Iowa. 

(3) Martha M., b. Stockholm, N. Y., Apr. 9, 1834; 
was many years a successful teacher in Readville, Mass., 
where she now resides. 

(4) Francis W., b. Stockholm, N. Y., May 16, 1836; 
m. Keziah D. Harvey, Nov. 21, 1859; res. in Hopkinton, 
N. Y. 

(5) Philo A., b. Stockholm, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1839; m. 
Anna Lobdell, Sept. 18, i860; res. in Hopkinton, N. Y. 

III. 

Samuel G., b. Charlestown, Mass., June 3, 1807; d. in 
W., May 15, 1808. 

IV. 
Willard H., b. W., Mar. 9, 1809; when a young man he 
joined the United States army, and was last seen in Bal- 
timore, Md. 

V. 
David L., b. W., Aug. 3, 181 1 ; m. Olive Shackley of 
Norway, Me., in 1832; res, in W., until 1836, when they 



380 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

removed to Massachusetts, where he has since been in 
the employ of the Boston & Providence railroad. He 
holds the position of superintendent of repairs of track, 
road-bed and fences of one of its divisions. His long 
term of service for the company is the only evidence 
needed of his ability and worth. During his long residence 
in Massachusetts he has always retained a strong attach- 
ment for his birth-place and early home. His present 
place of residence is Readville, Mass., where his wife died 
Nov. 6, 1875. Children: — 

(i)' Ellery C, b. W., Jan. 24, 1833 ; m. Rachel M. Ap- 
pleton in November, 1852. He has resided in Terre 
Haute, Ind., Chicago, 111., and Crookston, Minn., the last 
named place being his present place of residence. He is 
a civil engineer and railroad contractor, and is actively en- 
gaged in business. He is an influential citizen, and has 
held the office of mayor of Crookston three years. 
Children: — 

1 Francis E., b. Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 21, 1856. 

2 Jessie L., b. " Oct. 27, i860. 

(2) Cynthia C, b. W., Sept. 17, 1834; d. Dec. 24, 1837. 

(3) Cynthia, b. July 18, 1838 ; d. in infancy. 

(4) Edmund, b. Canton, Mass., Dec. 12, 1839; grad- 
uated at Dartmouth College in 1861 ; enlisted in 1862 in 
35th Massachusetts regiment ; was severely wounded at 
the battle of Antietam by a minnie bullet, which fractured 
his thigh. The disability resulting from this wound led 
to his discharge in 1863. He studied law; was ad- 
mitted to the bar in Indiana in 1866; practiced a short 
time in Indiana, and in 1867, returned to Massachusetts. 
Since 1871 he has resided in Hyde Park, Mass., where he 
is successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. 
He was married to Gertrude J. Squire, dau. of Rev. S. W. 
Squire of Franklin, Mass., in October, 1865. She died in 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 381 

1869, and he was again married to H. Sophia Chase, dau. 
of James M. Chase of Dedham, Mass., Jan. 24, 1871. 
Children : — 

(1st wife) 



; d. in infancy. 



I 


Julius S., b. 


— ; d. Frankl 
(2iid wife) 


2 


Nellie C, b. Hyde 


Park, Mass., 


3 


Alvan L., b. 


<< 


4 


Sidney L., b. 


<< 


5 


Edward H., b. 


t( 


6 


David L., b. 


(( 



May II, 1875. 
Oct. 13, 1876. 
Mar. 26, 1879. 
Nov. 19, 1882. 

(5) Frances E., b. Canton, Mass., June 13, 1843; m. 
Isaac Bullard of Hyde Park, Mass., Aug. 18, 18/0; res, 
in Hyde Park, Mass. 

VI. 

Whiting B., b. W., Nov. 7, 1813 ; m. Martha A. Gray, 
in February, 1839. She died in Hillsborough, June 6, 
1840. He was again married to Harriet L. Proctor, dau. 
of Isaac Proctor of W., in 1842, who died in Lempster, 
in November, 1847. His third wife was Ellen A. Heath, 
whom he married in 1852. She died in Poland, Me., Mar. 
14, 1869. His present place of residence is Poland, Me. 
Children : — 

(i) Martha A., b. Hillsborough, N. H., Jan. 24, 1840; 
m. Alfred Lingham, Apr. 22, i860; res in Boston. 

(2) Isaac P., b. W., July 7, 1843. 

(3) John H., b. Roxbury, Mass. 

(4) Carrie E., b. Auburn, Me., Sept. 18, 1858; m. 
Enoch P. Davis, in August, 1879; res. in Brunswick, Me. 

(5) William W., b. Auburn, Me., Oct. 9, i860. 

VII. 

William J., b. W., Jan. 10, 1816; m. Abigail Johnson 
of Sutton, Sept. 7, 1837; res. in W. and Bradford until 
1845, when they rem. to Roxbury, Mass., at which place 



382 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

and at West Roxbury they, afterward resided. During a 
period of more than thirty-five years he was in the employ 
of the Boston and Providence railroad. He was noted for 
many good qualities of mind and heart, and was univer- 
sally respected. He died Jan. 12, 1884. Children: — 

(i) Enoch P., b. W., Jan. 24, 1839 ; ^- Susan S. Page 
of Sutton, Aug. ID, 1862 ; she died July 31, 1874, and he 
was again married to Carrie E., dau. of Whiting B. Davis, 
in August, 1879; ^^s- ^^ Brunswick, Me. Children: — 

(1st wife) 

1 Adah M., b. Roxbury, Mass., Jan. 4, 1864; d. July 
14. 1883. 

2 Willie A., b. Readville, Mass., Dec. 25, 1866. 

(2 lid wife) 

3 Edmund, b. , Dec. 30, 1880. 

4 Adah M., b. , May — , 1884. 

(2) Gertrude B., b. Bradford, Dec. i, 1844; m. Wm. 
W. Worley, May 16, 1866; res. in Jamaica Plain, Mass. 

(3) Amanda M., b. Jamaica Plain, Mass., Sept. 21, 
1850; m. Alonzo W. Sherburne, July 18, 1875; res. in 
Jamaica Plain, Mass. 

(4) Francis P., b. Jamaica Plain, Mass., May 7, 1858 ; 
m. Maggie A. 'Madden, in 1876; res. in Syracuse, N. Y. 
Children : — 

1 Frank T., b. Jamaica Plain, Mass., Mar. 26, 1877. 

2 Abbie E., b. " June 20, 1884. 

VIII. 

Mary E., b. W., June 5, 1819; m. William Graves of 
W., May 22, 1844; res. in W. 

Paul Davis was the son of Joseph Davis, and was born 
in Hopkinton, July 23, 1780. He married Hannah Colby 
of Henniker, and, after residing some years inDeering, re- 
moved to W^ashington in 181 7. He first lived near Long 
Pond, on a farm which was formerly owned by Mor- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 383 

rison. He rem. to East Washington some years later, and 
res. in a house, a few rods west of the school house, where 
he died Apr. 3, 1855. His wife died in Hillsborough, Feb. 
16, 1867. Children: — 

I. 
Levi, b. Deering, July 20, 1809; m. Elzina, dau. of Moses 
Davis, in 1836; res. in Hillsborough. Children: — 

(i) Hiram A., b. Hillsborough, June 24, 1838; m. Er- 
ville B. Ray of Loudon. 

(2) Mary L., b. Hillsborough July 14, 1842 ; m. Geo. 
L. Gile of Lempster, June, 1867. 

II. 

Imri, b. Deering, Oct. 25, 181 2; m. Catharine, dau. of 

William Mann, . They have res. in Hillsborough, 

Washington, and Bradford, His wife died in Hillsborough, 
April 15, 1881. His present res. is in Hillsborough. 
Children : — 

(i) Clark S., b. Hillsborough, Oct. 30, 1837; m. Maria 
Elliot, and res, in Henniker. 

(2) Lovilla C, b. Hillsborough, Feb. 12, 1840; m. 
Chas. H. Gile, July 4, 1882; res. in Lempster. 

(3) Abbie E., b. Hillsborough, Feb. 15, 1842; m. 
Chas. H. Gile; d. in Hillsborough, in 1881. 

(4) Newton L., b. Washington, June 4, 1845 ; res. in 
Hillsborough. 

(5) Jane H. b. Bradford ; m. Henry Ashby ; res. Deering. 

(6) Hubbard G., . 

(7) Chas. L., b. Bradford, July 19, 1855 ; m. Eva Dus- 
tin, Jan. 19, 1883; d. in Hillsborough, Nov. 15, 1885. 

(8) George H., b. Bradford, Feb. 7, 1858; m. Cora 
Colburn, Sept., 1882; res. in Washington. 

III. 

Mary C, b. Washington, Sept. 7, 1819; m. Ebenezer 
T. Danforth, Aug. 8, 1844; res. in Hillsborough. 



384 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

IV. ' 

Edmund L., b. W., June 3, 1826; m. Louisa, dau. of 
Moses Davis, June 26, 1855; res. in Hillsborough. 

Alden Davis came to Washington to reside in 1872. 
He is the son of Asa Davis, and was born in Stoddard, 
Jan. 20, 18 18. He married Hannah E. Upton, June 5, 
1845, and resided in Stoddard prior to his settlement in 
Washington. Child : — 

I. 

Samuel U., b. Stoddard, Apr. 9, 1846; res. in W. 

DINSMORE OR DINSMOOR 

John Dinsmore, from Littleton, Mass., was a resident of 
Washington, in 1785. We have no record of his family. 

Capt. Eliphalet Dinsmore, also from Littleton, Mass., 
was in Washington, in 1785, and appears to have spent 
the remainder of his life here. 

Hannah, wife of Eliphalet Dinsmore, died in Washing- 
ton, Jan. 22, 1802, and he was again married to Lydia 
Watts, of Hillsboro' Oct. 18, 1804; he died Nov. 3, 18 11, 
aged TJ years. 

Capt. Moses Dinsmore, supposed to be a son of Eliphalet 
Dinsmore, settled in Washington, in the Mountain dis- 
trict at an early date. The farm where he lived was after- 
ward the home of Henry Crane. His wife, Elizabeth, was 
from Lexington, Mass. He was a prominent citizen of 
the town, and is spoken of, by those who remember him, 
in terms of great respect. He had no children of his own, 
but his kindness of heart led him to adopt and care for 
several. He died Nov. 13, 1838, aged 70 yrs ; his wife died 
May 6, 1 840, aged 70 years. 

Among the records of Washington, are records of mar- 
riages of the following persons bearing the name of 
Dinsmore. 



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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 385 

1 Lydia Dinsmore, m. Artemus Thayer, of Mass., Jan. 
20, 1795. 

2 Sally Dinsmore, m. Nehemiah Blanchard of New- 
Bradford, Apr. 10, 1797. 

3 Daniel, m. Peggy Hartshorn, Sept. lo, 1798. 

The name of Dinsmoor has been common in Windham, 
N. H., since the settlement of that town. Authorities 
differ as to the correct way of spelling the name, but those 
of the name who have resided in Windham have almost 
universally spelled their name Dinsmoor. 

Silas Dinsmoor was born in Antrim, N. H. Sept. 10, 
1802, and was a descendant of the Dinsmoors who settled 
in Londonderry and Windham early in the history of those 
towns. He was married to Clarissa Copeland, of Stod- 
dard, Sept. 22, 1 83 1. He resided in Antrim and Stoddard 
the principal part of his life, and died at Keene, Feb. 16,. 
1883. 

Silas M. Dinsmoor, son of Silas and Clarissa Dinsmoor,, 
was born in Antrim, June 22, 1836. He married Georgi- 
anna, dau. of Olivet S. Carey, of Dempster, Sept. 1 1, 1862. 
They have res. in Antrim, W^ashington, Francestown and 
Keene, the last named city being their present place of 
residence. He is a physician, and during his residence 
in Washington, extending over a period of eleven years, 
he had an extensive practice in this, and the adjoining 
towns, and won a reputation for skill in the practice of his 
profession. Their only child is : — 

I. 

Frank M., b. W., Dec. 28, 1868. 

DODGE. 

• 

Hosea W. Dodge was born in Stoddard, N, H., Mar. 21, 
1813. His father was Elijah Dodge, who was a resident 
of Winchester, N. H., before his settlement in Stoddard. 



386 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

riosea W. Dodge was married to Lucy A. Richardson, 
of Stoddard, Jan. 7, 1850. He removed to Washington, 
from Stoddard, in 1871, and settled at the west part of the 
town, where he has since resided. 



DOLE. 

The Dole family of Washington are descendants of 
Richard Dole, who was born in Bristol, England, in 1624. 
He came to America and settled in Newbury, Mass., in 
1639. 

Richard, Jr., son of Richard Dole was born in Newbury, 
Mass., Sept., 6, 1650. 

Richard Dole 3d, son of Richard Dole Jr., was born in 
Rowley, Mass., (now Georgetown) Apr. 28, 1678. 

Edmund, son of Richard Dole 3d, was born Nov. 12, 17 10. 

Richard S., son of Edmund Dole, was born in Rowley, 
Mar. 16, 1743. 

David, son of Richard S. Dole, was born in Rowley, 
Mass., Aug. 12, 1776. He came to Washington, in 1803, 
and purchased a farm of Jeremiah IJacon, in the eastern 
part of the town, where most of the active part of his 
life was spent, and where all of his children were born. 
Although the farm has been deserted and its buildings 
demolished, it is still well known as the "Dole place," es- 
pecially to fishermen who frequent the clear brook which 
runs near by, in quest of trout which abound there. David 
Dole married Annis Rideout, of Wilton, N. H., whose 
parents at one time lived a short distance south-east of 
the spot where she settled. David Dole died in W., in 
1858. His wife died, in 1872. Children: — 

I. 

Mehitable, b. W., May 13, 1808; m. Joseph Cram, Jan. 
29, 1833; res. in W., until 1857, when they removed to 
Unity where .they still reside. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 387 

II. 

William, b. W., July 5, 1809; m. Laura M. Dow, Jan. 
16, 1840 ; he is a farmer, and has always resided in Wash- 
ington. Children : — 

(i) Mary E., b, W., May 22, 1841 ; m. Francis G. 
Dresser,, Jan. i, i860; res. in Windsor. 

(2) Mason H., b. W., Mar. 8, 1845; m. Clara E., dau. 
of Jesse Atwood, Aug. 18, 1866; res. in W., where he is 
engaged in farming, and in the manufacture and sale of 
lumber. He is prominent in town affairs, and has repeat- 
edly held the office of selectman. He has also served as 
superintendent of schools. Children : — 

1 IdaM., b. W., July 14, 1870. 

2 Maud E., b. W., June 6, 1874. 

3 Fred W., b. W., Oct. 8, 1875. 

(3) Malvina A., b. W., Jan. 22, 1849. She is a gradu- 
ate of the N. H. Conference Seminary and Female Col- 
lege at Tilton, and has long been successfully engaged in 
teaching. She is at present the principal of Tubbs Union 
Academy in her native town. 

(4) Wallace W., b. W., Nov. 24, 1857; "i. Jennie B. 
Kendall, Dec. 11, 1883; res. in W., and is engaged in 
farming, and in the manufacture and sale of lumber. 

III. 

Silas, b. W., Apr. 18, 1811 ; d. Sept. i, 1833. 

IV. 

Lemuel, b. W., Oct. 20, 18 14; m. Relief, dau. of John 
White, May 23, 1837 ; res. in W., five years after marriage, 
and since has been a resident of Claremont. Children : — 

(i) George W., b. W., Oct. 4, 1838 ; m. Mary E. Whit- 
temore, Nov. 23, 1861 ; res. in Claremont. 

(2) Mary J., b. Claremont, Jan. 25, 1844 ; m. Benjamin 
A. Nichols, Aug. 14, 1867. 



388 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(3) Elvira D., b. Claremont, May 7, 1845 ! i^^- John M. 
C. Ayer, June 24, 1866; res. in Claremont. 

(4) Levi R., b. Claremont, Mar. 24, 1847; m. Elsie 
Shepardson, Aug. 24, 1867; res. in Cornish. 

(5) Susan M., b. Claremont, June 3, 1849 ; m. Russell 
K. Hall, Dec. 21, 1873 ; res. in Unity. 

(6) Clara L., b. Claremont, July 27, 185 1. 

(7) Louisa L., b. Claremont, July 20, 1854. 

(8) Eliza A., b. Unity, June 16, 1856. 

(9) Frank H., b. Claremont, June 20, 1858; m. Emma 
C. Lund, Dec. 25, 1880; res. in Claremont. 

V. 

Edmund, b. W., Jan. 11, 1817; m. Lydia, dau. of Jere- 
miah Fletcher, of W., May 23, 1840. He is a farmer and 
has resided in W. and Claremont since marriage. They 
now reside in Claremont. Children : — 

(i) Charles H., b. W., Oct. 9, 1842; m. Amanda L. 
Webster, of New Sharon, Me. Child : — 

I Clarence C, b. Oct. 9, 1868. 

(2) John A., b. W., Feb. 8, 1846; m. Clara Martin, of 
Hartland, Vt.; res. in Jamestown, Dakota. 

VI. 

Broughton, b. W., ; d. in infancy. 

VII. 

Nathan, b. W., about 1820; m. Lodema Barrett of W.; 
d. in W., Oct. 25, 1845, aged 25 yrs. Children : — 

(i) Hiram M., b. W., Aug. 13, 1844; d. in W., Feb. 
7, 1865. 

(2) Eliza J., b. W., Jan. 29, 1846; d. Apr. 25, i860. 

VIII. 

Eliza J., b. W., May 25, 1825 ; m. Joel Severance, 2nd, 
June 6, 1852 ; res. in W.; d. Mar. 15, 1886. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 389 

DOW. 

Abram Dow was born in Weare, N. H., Nov. 28, 1800. 
He married Lucretia Caldwell, July 21, 1824, and resided 
in Weare, until 1837, when they came to Washington and 
settled in the Mountain district, on a farm formerly owned 
by Amos Cory, and which is now occupied by Clinton D. 
Fowler. Before his death he returned to Weare, where 
he died in Aug., 1879. His wife returned to Washington, 
and died July 28, 1884. Children : — 

I. 
Julia A., b. Weare, May 19, 1825 ; m. Henry Train of 
W., Oct. 28, 1850; res. in W., where she d. Aug. i, 1859. 

II. 
Clarissa H., b. Weare, Oct. i, 1826 ; m. Joseph C. Jones, 
of W., Jan. 28, 1847; res. in W.; d. Sept. 16, 1865. 

III. 
Daniel R., b. Weare, Aug. 23, 1834; d. in Weare, Mar. 
20, 1836. 

IV. 

Caroline E., b. Weare, Dec. 25, 1836; d. in Washington, 
July 30, 1853. 

DRAPKR. 

Four brothers, natives of Roxbury, Mass., and bearing 
the name of Draper, settled in Washington at an early 
date. Their names were Jonathan, Samuel, Nathaniel, 
and David. 

Jonathan Draper held ofifice in Washington in 1778, but 
we have no record of his family, and cannot tell just where 
he resided. 

Samuel Draper, " Capt. Draper," as he was called, was 
a resident of Washington as early as 1779. He resided 
at the south part of the town, near the place where the 
Healy family resided. His wife, Sally, died Apr. 24, 1806, 



390 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

and he was again married to Nancy Niles, of Stoddard, 
Sept. II, 1806. 

Nathaniel Draper was in Washington as early as 1783, 
perhaps before. He resided on Faxon Hill, near its sum- 
mit. The children of Nathaniel and Anna Draper were : — 

I. 

Grace, b. Mar. 21, 1782; m. Thomas Davis, of W., 
Nov. 15, 1804. 

II. 

Anna, b. W., Jan. 25, 1784. 

III. 
Polly, b. W., Feb. 12, 1786. 

IV. 

Sally, b. W., Mar. 24, 1788. 

v. 

Nathaniel Jr., b. W., Dec. 28, 1790. 

VI. 
Samuel, b. W., Apr. 4, 1793. 

VII. 
Thomas P., b. W., Mar. 7, 1796. 

VIII. 
Eliza, b. W., May 5, 1798. 

IX. 
Nathan A., b. W., Apr. 3, 1802. 

David Draper was born in Roxbury, Mass., in 1761. 
He came to Washington and married Rebecca, dau. of 
John Healy, of W., May 17, 1785. They res. in W., on 
the western slope of the hill, near the centre of the town, 
which for many years has been known as Draper Hill. 
He was a prominent and highly respected citizen. He 
died in Dedham, Mass., Mar. 25, 1842, aged 80 yrs. 6 ms. 
His wife died July 10, 1854, aged 88 years. Children: — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 39 1 

I. 

Sally, b. \V., Feb. 24, 1786 ; m. Ebenezer Turner, May 
2;^, 1 8 16; res. in Dedham, Mass., where she d. about the 
year 1858. 

II. 

David A., b. \V.. Mar. 27, 1787 ; d. Nov., 181 2. 

III. 
Samuel, b. \V., Mar. 2y, 1789; m. Huldah Thornton, 
June 10, 181 1 ; res. in 111. 

IV. 
Ebenezer H., b. \V., Oct. 20, 1791 ; d. Nov. 29, 1792. 

V. 
Betsey, b. \V., May i, 1793; m. Nathaniel Fisher, for- 
merly of Washington, June 19, 1839 ; res. in Xorthborough, 
Mass., where she d. Dec. 3, 1870. 

VI. 
Moses, b. W., Mar. 8, 1798 ; d. Sept. 14, 1823. 

VII. 
Lucy S., b. \V.. Oct. 23, 1799; d. Oct. 4, 1820. 

DRESSER. 

John Dresser, a native of Windsor, came to Washing- 
ton in 18 16, and settled on the farm where Joshua 
Blanchard first settled, and where George W. Blanchard 
now resides. They resided in W. the remainder of their 
lives. Children : — 

1. 

Woodbury, b. Windsor, June 14, 1809; ^- Lorinda H., 
dau. of Dea. John Lewis of W., Nov. 17, 1832; res. in W., 
and is an industrious and highly respected citizen. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Francis G., b. W., Mar. 4, 1835; rn. Mary E., dau. 
of Wm. Dole of W., Jan. i, i860; res. in Windsor. 
Children : — 



392 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

1 F. Herbert, b. , Mar. 27, 1862 ; m. Nov. 24, 1884. 

2 Lilian M., b. , Aug. 12, 1869. 

(2) Mary M., b. W., Mar. 18, 1837 ; m. Daniel C. Ad- 
ams, June, 1857; res. in Hillsborough. 

(3) Lyman, b. W., , 1840; d. Sept. 11, 1841. 

(4) Harriet, b. W., Sept. 18, 1845 ; m. William D. 
Cram ; d. 1871. 

(5) Amos, b. W., Aug. 26, 1848; d. Aug. 26, 1851. 

II. 

Sabrina, b. Windsor, ; m. Amos Holt in 1825, 

and res. in W.; died June 9, 1876. 

III. 

Daniel, b. Windsor, ; d. in Chelsea, Mass., when 

a young man. 

IV. 
Eliza J., b. Windsor, Feb. 25, 181 2 ; m. Daniel Curtice 
of Windsor, Nov. 21, 1827; d. in Concord, June, 1876. 

V. 

Adaline C, b. Windsor, ; m. Oilman Crane of 

Washington, Oct. 22, 1839; res. in Kingston, 

EATON. 

Hiram Eaton was born in Hillsborough, May 2, 1804. 
He married Cynthia Farwell, dau. of Levi Farwell, of 
Washington, Nov. 20, 1826. They resided in Washing- 
ton, where he died, Aug. 13, 1869. His wife died May r, 
1885. Children :— 

I. 

Horatio A., b. W., May 10, 1829; m. Eliza A. Hobbs, 
Apr. 7, 1850; res. unknown; was a soldier in the i6th 
New Hampshire regiment during the Rebellion. 

II. 

George F., b. W., Feb. 16, 1831 ; m. Anstis Vining, 
June 5, 1865 ; res. in Galena, Kansas. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 393 

III. 

Charlotte F., b. W., Nov. i, 1832; m. E. Grout 
Campbell, Aug. 19, 1870; res. in Acworth. Her husband 
d. June 25, 1872. Her present residence is in Washington. 

IV. 
Lucy H., b. W., Apr. 7, 1835 ; m. Oilman L. Beckvvith, 
June 10, 1858; he d. at Carrollton, La., June 18, 1863. 
Her second marriage was to Thomas B. Hayward of Ac- 
worth, which is their present place of residence. 

V. 
Charles S., b. W., Sept. 25, 1827; m. Sarah J. Bowers, 
Oct. 2, 1862; res. in San Francisco, Cal., at last accounts. 

VI. 
Benjamin C, b. W., Apr. 18, 1840; was a soldier in the 
8th New Hampshire regiment in the Rebellion; d. in W., 
Mar. 26, 1864. 

VII. 

Joseph F., b. W., Nov. 19, 1842 ; m. Sarah G., dau. of 
Jeremiah Chapman of W., Jan. 15, 1868; they reside in 
W. Children :— 

(i) Grace M., b. W., Nov. 18, 1868. 

(2) Fannie V., b. W., Jan. 27, 1871. 

(3) Ina B., b. W., Aug. 23, 1879. 

(4) Charles C, b. W., Oct. 17, 1881. 

William J. Eaton was born in that part of Maiden, 
Mass., which is now known as Everett, June 15, 1847. 
His parents were William and Mary A. Eaton, the former 
a native of Manchester, England, the latter of Belfast, 
Ireland. William J. Eaton followed the sea some time 
prior to his marriage, and was employed as ship carpenter 
on the Cunard steamers plying between New York and 
Portland and Liverpool. He was married to Mrs. Annie 
P. Woodbury, dau. of Henry and Hannah P. Crane of W., 
Apr. II, 1874. They came to Washington the year of 



394 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

their marriage, where they have since resided. He is a 
carpenter and joiner. 

EMERSOK 

Jonathan B. Emerson was born in Hopkinton, N. H., 
Jan. 6, 1812. He married Mary A. Copps, Jan. 27, 1842, 
and settled in his native town. There he resided until 
1854, when he removed to Windsor. He resided in Wind- 
sor until 1868, when he came to Washington, which was 
afterward his home. He was an active business man, and 
was extensively engaged in lumbering and farming. When 
a resident of Windsor, he represented that town in the 
legislature, in 1864 and 1865. He died in Washington, 
Jan. 16, 1885. Children: — ■ 

I. 

George, b. Hopkinton, July 21, 1843; m. Lizzie H. 
Baker of Goshen, Jan. 17, 1872; res. in Montague, Mich. 

II. 

Fred J., b. Hopkinton, Aug. 10, 1846; m. Emily V. 
Austin of Goshen, Mar. 7, 1885; res. in Washington. 

III. 

Mary D., b. Hopkinton, Sept. 21, 1852: m. Louiselle 
R. Bascom, Nov. 12, 1879; ^^s. in Newport. 

ESTABEOOK. 

Abraham Estabrook, was an inhabitant of Washington 
at an early date. The precise date of his settlement is 
unknown ; but it is certain that he was in town in 1777, 
as he held office that year. He resided at the south part 
of the town, near the place where Philip Abbott afterward 
lived. After some years the family removed to Rocking- 
ham, Vt. The children of Abraham and Olive Estabrook 
were : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 395 

I. 

Olive, b. ; m. Nathan Metcalf; res. in W. and 

afterward in Avon, N. Y. 

II. 
Hannah, b. W., Dec. 13, 1777. 

III. 
Abraham, Jr., b. W., Dec. 26, 1779. 

IV. 
Rebecca, b. W., Oct. 5, 1782. 

V. 
John, b. W., Aug. 30, 1785. 

FAIRBAMvS. 

Amasa Fairbanks was born in Stoddard, N. H., Mar. 8, 
1792. His father was Aaron Fairbanks, Jr., a native of 
Dedham, Mass., who came to Stoddard with his father at 
the age of ten years. 

Amasa Fairbanks was married to Lydia Reed of Stod- 
dard, Mar. 4, 1 8 19. Her death occurred Apr. 10, 1856, 
and he was again married to Abigail Miller of Keene, Mar. 
8, 1859. She died Dec. 9, 1868, and he was a third time 
married to Mrs. Lucinda Strickland of Washington, Oct. 
10, 1871. He began married life in Stoddard, but soon 
removed to Washington, where he has since resided. 
He resided some years near the outlet of Millen Pond, on 
the farm now owned by Dexter Ball, and operated the 
mill near by, which was originally owned by Capt. Jon- 
athan Brockway. Children, all by first wife : — 

I. 

Mary B., b. Stoddard, Mar. 20, 1820; m. Joel Farns- 
worth, June 18, 1840; d. Bristol, Wisconsin, June 10, 

1853. 

II. 

Sumner, b. Stoddard, Jan. 10, 1822; m. Rosanna, dau. 
of John Ball, of W., May 14, 1846; res. in W., for a time, 



39^ HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

t 

but afterward settled in Wisconsin. His wife died, Jan. 

10, 1853, ^ncl he was married to Lydia , by whom 

he had one son. He died in Bristol, Wis., Dec. 6, 1863, 
of disease contracted in the United States Army during 
the Rebellion, Children : — 

(1st wife) 

(i) Sylvia A., b. W., Oct. 18, 1847; d. in W., Jan. 3, 
1865. 

(2) Horace S., b. W., July 10, 1850 ; m. Mary D. Tidd 
of Concord, N. H., Dec. 25, 1872; res. in Concord. 
Children : — 

1 Charles H., h. Concord, Sept. 7, 1877. 

2 Clarence T., b. , Apr. 6, 1882. 

(2nd wife) 

(3) Edwin A. 



FAENS WORTH. 

Matthias Farnsworth was one of the original settlers of 
Groton, Mass. He settled there about the year 1664. 

Jonathan, son of Matthias Farnsworth, married Ruth 
Shattuck, and reared a large family of children. 

Simeon, tenth son of Jonathan and Ruth Farnsworth, 
was born July 12, 171 8, probably in Harvard, Mass. He 
married Martha Hall, May 28, 1744, who died May 7, 
1754. He married, for his second wife, Lucy Atherton. 
He resided in Harvard, Mass., until the spring of 1781, 
when he removed to Washington. He settled about a 
mile and a half from Washington Centre, near Millen 
Pond, and in the neighborhood of some of his children, 
who had several years previously settled in Washington. 
He died in Washington, Mar. 21, 1805. His wife died 
May 13, 1823, aged 88 yrs. Children : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 397 

(1st wife) 

I. 

Mehitable, baptized* in Harvard, Mass., June 2, 1845 J 

m. John Safford of Harvard, Jan. 31, 1765. They res. a 

short time in Harvard, Mass., but rem. to Washington 

about the year 1770. She d. in W., Mar. 20, 1826. 

II. 

Simeon, Jun., bap. in Harvard, Mass., Sept. 24, 1746; 
m. Esther Ellinwood of Lyndeborough, N. H., and is be- 
lieved to have been one of the original settlers of Wash- 
ington. He settled at the foot of Safford hill, close by 
the spot where Alonzo Knight's house now stands. He 
died Jan. 27, 1791, at the early age of 44 yrs. His wife 
died Oct. 27, 181 1. Children : — 

(i) Esther, b. W., Oct. 23, 1773 ; m. Joseph Smith. 

(2) Calvin, b. W., Oct. 15, 1776; m. Lydia , 

and res. for a time in W. ; afterwards removed to Penn- 
sylvania. Children born in W. : — 

1 Sylvia, b. W., Jan. 9, 1802. 

2 Silas, b. W., May 20, 1804. 

3 Siba, b. W., Aug. 31, 1806. 

(3) Mary, h. W., Jan. 29, 1779 ; m. Ebenezer Smith 
of W., July 8, 1797. 

(4) Daniel, b. W., April 9, 1782; m. Patty, dau. of 
Capt. Wm. Proctor of W., in 1806. He was the first set- 
tler on the farm afterward owned by Isaac Proctor, on the 
Goshen road, three miles from the centre of the town, and 
near the present school house. He afterward removed to 
the farm now owned by Cyrus K. Farnsworth, exchanging 
farms with Isaac Proctor. He died May 8, 1864. His 
wife died Mar. 16, 1875, aged 90 yrs. Children : — 

I William, b. W., Feb. 8, 1807; m- Sarah, dau. of 
Stephen Mead, Jr., of W., Dec. 2, 1830. Shed. June 30, 

* It was customary to baptize the second Sabbath after birth. 



398 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

1855. His second wife was Cynthia, dau. of John Stowell, 
whom he married Sept. 19, 1855. ^^ h^is always res. in 
W., and is universally respected. Children : — 

(1st wife) 

Lucy A., b. W., Oct. 7, 1832; d. Dec. 3, 1835. 

John P., b. W., Aug. 29, 1834; m. Frances J. Stevens, 
Nov. 10, 1864; res. in Radcliff, Iowa; is engaged in trade. 
His only child is Bert S., b. Waukon, Iowa, Jan. 6, 1868. 

Stephen M., b. W., May 26, 1836; m. Alvira B., dau. of 
Amos Russell of W., Nov. 24, 1864. He is an enterpris- 
ing farmer, and has always res. in W. Their children are 
Eldora S., b. W., Oct. 13, 1868, and Evis E., b. W., Jan. 
2, 1879. 

Josephine, b. W., Apr. 12, 1838; m. Charles R. Jones; 
d. May 4, i860. 

Lucien B., b. W., Dec. 29, 1839; d. July 28, 1862. 
Albert, b. W., Aug. 20, 1841 ; d. in Waukon, Iowa, 
Apr. I, 1865. 

George W., b. W., July 29, 1843 ; m. Ada S. Burton of 
Warren, Me., Sept. 14, 1874; res. in Bath, Me., for a time, 
but now res. in Radcliff, Iowa. Th^ir children are Mabel 
W., b. Bath, Me., July 17, 1875 ; Roy B., b. Bath, Me., 
Jan. II, 1877; Myron A., b. Radcliff, Iowa, Nov. 17, 1883. 

Sarah J., b. W., Feb. 26, 1846; m. Myron Churchill; 
res. in Pipestone City, Minn. 

Eugene W., b. W., Nov. 27, 1848; m. Clara J. Eggles- 
ton, Sept. 30, 1880. He is a clergyman, and occupies 
the position of president of the Iowa Tract and Mission- 
ary Society of Seventh Day Adventists. He res. in State 
Center, Iowa. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 399 

Augustus W., b. W., Nov. 27, 1849; ^- Elvira Hurd 
and res. in Marlow. 

Imogene A., b. W., Aug. 11, 185 1 ; m. Rev. John Stow- 
ers, Feb. 18, 1874; res. in Fredericksburg, Iowa. 

(2nd wife) 

Loretta V., b. W., Sept. 4, 1857; m. Asa T. Robinson, 
and res. in New Bedford, Mass. 

Orville O., b. W., Jan. 22, 1859; ^es. in Gardner, Mass. 
Lenora L., b. W., June 12, i860. 

Benton, b. W., Dec. 16, 1861 ; d. , 1885. 

Irvin E., b. W., Sept. i, 1863 ; res. in Radcliffe, Iowa. 

Elmer E., b. W., June 2, 1865 ; res. in Peace Dale, R. I. 

Alton v., b. W., Jan. 12, 1867. 

Melbourne A., b. W., Aug. 24, 1868. 

Nellie M., b. W., May 9, 1870. 

Ernest H., b. W., June 24, 1872. 

Merton A., b. W., July 23, 1874. 

2 Simeon, b. W., Aug. 9, 1810; m. Eunice, dau. of 
Obadiah Lowell, of Lempster, and res. in W., at the west 
part of the town, where Hosea Dodge now lives. He af- 
terward went west and res. in River Falls, Wis., where 
he died. Children : — 

Erastus, b. Jan. 16, 1835. 
Henry B., b. July 19, 1836. 
Lucy A., b. June 30, 1838. 
Austin B., b. Aug. 24, 1840. 
Cyrus, b. July 18, i8z+2. 
Arley M., b. Aug. 10, 1844. 
Hiram C, b. Oct. 10, 1846. 
Eliza A., b. Oct. 10, 1848. 

3 Daniel, Jr., b. W., Jan. 23, 1813; m. Mary, dau. of 
Stephen Mead, Jr., of W., Oct. 25, 1835 > res. in. W, and 
in other towns in New Hampshire and Vermont. He 



400 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

now res. in Cornish, N. H.; his wife died in Lanc^don, 
May 6, 1849, ^-^d he was m. to Mary Ayer, Aug. 9, 1849. 
Children: — 

(1st wife) 

Wm. P., b. W., Jan. 9, 1837. 

Mary S., b. Goshen, Aug. 8, 1839 ; d. Jan. 2, 1855. 

Ann M., b. W,, Apr. 22, 1842 ; m. Isaac N. Davison of 
Putney, Vt., Feb. 16, 1866. He d. in 1875, and his wid- 
ow res. in Putney, Vt.. 

Ruth R., b. W., June 25, 1844; m. Henry J. Burnham 
of Putney, Vt., Oct. 10, 1864; res. in Putney, Vt. 

(2nd wife) 

Lucy M., b. W., Apr. 14, 185 1 ; d. Mar. 3, 1854. 

Addaroy, b. W., Mar. 11, 1853; m. Albro Q. Evans of 
Claremont, Sept. 10, 1872; res. in Claremont. 

Verona, b. W., May 4, 1854; m. Chas. H. Andrews of 
Cornish, Oct. 10, 1877; res. in Cornish, N. H. 

4 Joel, b. W., Mar. 15, 1818; m. Mary B., dau. of 
Amasa Fairbanks, June 18, 1840. She d. June 15, 1853, 
and he was afterward married to Harriet M. Reed of Bris- 
tol, Wis. He resided in Washington and Goshen, but for 
more than thirty years has resided in Wisconsin. He is 
engaged in farming and in the drilling of wells, and res. 
in River Falls, Wis. Children. 

(1st wife) 
Martha P., b. Goshen, Aug. 25, 1841. 
Granville D., b. Goshen, Sept. 5, 1844. 
Rosanna M., b. W., Sept. 5, 1844. 
Sidney L., b. W., Feb. 17, 1847. 
Sumner A., b. Bristol, Wis., Nov. 26, 1852. 

(2nd wife) 
Mary B., b. Bristol, Wis., June 20, 1854. 

5 Cyrus K., b. W., Feb! 4, 1823 ; m. Rachel D. Oaks, 
dau. of Amory Oaks, of Verona, N. Y., June 14, 1847. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 4OI 

She d. Aug. 19, 1858, and he was again married to Lydia 
E. Knight of Marlow, Oct. 20, 1858, who d. Apr. 18, 1861. 
His third marriage was to Harriet Camp of Randolph, Vt, 
Sept. 3, 1 86 1. He has always res. in W., and is a pros- 
perous farmer. Children : — 

(1st wife) 
Emory P., b. W., Aug. 9, 1848; m. Emma L. Green, 
Dec. 23, 1873 ; res. in Andover, Vt. 

Solon A., b. W., July 26, 1849; m. Ella L. Tandy of 
Goshen, Aug. 19, 1874; res. in W., and have one child, 
Lessie E., b. in 1879. 

Edgar W., b. W., July 26, 1854; res. in W., and is 
engaged in farming and milling. 

Webster, b. W., Nov. 8, 1856; d. Aug. 3, 1858. 

(2nd wife) 
Ida D., b. W., Dec. 8, 1862; m. Elgin G. Farnsworth, 
June 21, 1880; res. in W. 

6 John C, b. W., Apr. 6, 1825 ; d. : 



(5) Joel, b. W., F'eb. 18, 1784; rem. to Haverhill, N. 
H., and then to Enosburg, Vt., where he died. No 
children. 

(6) Lydia, b. W., Dec. 28, 1785 ; m. John Shedd, of W.„ 
in 1 8 10; res. in W., where she d. Nov. 25, i860. 

(7) Stephen, b. W., Dec. 21, 1788; m. Anna Martin, 
and res. in Haverhill, N. H., where he was engaged in 
farming. He d-. in Haverhill, Dec, 1833. His wife d. 
Dec, 1837. Children : — 

1 Cyrus, b. Haverhill, Oct. 24, 18 14. 

2 Stephen, b. " Sept. i, 1816 ; res. San Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 

3 Calvin, b. Haverhill, Sept. 12, 18 18; m." Mary J. 
Underwood, Nov. 8, 1838 ; res. in Northfield, Vt. 



402 HISTOKY OF WASHINGTON. 

4 Lydia, b. Haverhill, Aug. 9, 1820; d. 1880. 

5 Laura, b. " Mar. 19, 1822. 

6 Joel, b. " Jan. 15, 1824. 

7 Esther, b. " Mar. i, 1826. 

8 Anna, b. " Jan. 29, 1828. 

9 Daniel, b. " June 19, 1829. 

10 Orrin, b. " May 16, 1831 ; d. 1863. 

III. 

Samuel, bap. Harvard, Mass., May 15, 1748; d. Apr. 
1756. 

ly. 

Martha, b. Harvard, Mass., Aug., 1750; m. Nathaniel 
Whittemore, Nov. 16, 1769 ; d. Mar. 10, 1776. 

V. 

Lucy, b. Harvard, Mass., May 3, 1752; m. Abner Samp- 
son and res. in Washington. After his death she m. 
Samuel Hurd, of Newport, Nov. 28, 1799. She d. May 
13, 1823. 

vr. 

Joseph, bap. in Harvard, Mass., May 18, 1754 ; m. Mary 
; res. in W., but rem. from town before his death. 



Children whose births are recorded in Washington : — 

(i) Hannah, b. June 4, 1779. 

(2) Lucy, b. Sept. 12, 1781. 

(3) Celia, b. Oct. 4, 1784; m. Nehemiah Hutchinson, 
Feb. 1 1, 1806. 

4 Polly, b. June 6, 1787. 

VII. 
Manasseh, bap. in Harvard, Apr., 1758 ; d. May 3, 1759. 

VIII. 
• Manasseh, bap. in Harvard, Mass., Apr. 3, 1760; m. 
Charity S. Rounsevel, of W., July 8, 1784 ; res. in W., some 
years, but finally removed to Vermont. Children : 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 4O3 

(i) Alden, b. W., Aug. 26, 1785. 

(2) John, b. W., June 3, 1787. 

(3) Betsey, b. W., July 10, 1789. 

(4) Lucy, b. W., Sept. 8, 1791. 

(5) Simeon, b. W., Feb. 25, 1794. 

(6) David, b. , 1805 ; m. Mary Thompson, June 

25, 1 83 1. She was a dau. of the celebrated Dr. Samuel 
Thompson, the founder of the " Thompsonian " School of 
Medicine. They res. in W., where he died, Nov. 13, 1859. 
His widow died in W., Feb. 22, 1886, aged 78 years. 
Children : 

1 Samuel T., b. W., Oct. 22, 1832 ; was a soldier dur- 
ing the Rebellion, and d. in the South, Dec, 1864. 

2 John, b. W., Jan. 21, 1835 ; d. Aug. 24, 1835. 

3 xMary C, b. W., 1836; m. Gardner Millen, of W., 
Sept. 26, i860 ; res. in W. 

IX. 

Samuel, b. Harvard, Mass., June 16, 1762 ; m. in South 
Carolina, and never res. in W. 

X. 

Relief, bap. in Harvard, Mass., Jan. 31, 1865 ; m. Eben- 
ezer Davis, and lived and died in Washington. She d. 
Mar. 14, 1825. 

XL 

David, b. Harvard, Mass., Apr. 9, 1766; m. Betsey 
French, dau. of Elijah and Mary French, Nov. 29, 1787. 
After the death of his wife which occurred July 19, 1843, 
he married Mary Barden Hardy, of Stoddard. He was 
always a resident of Washington after marriage, and was 
generally known as "Dea. Farnsworth." He res. at the 
village at the center of the town, and built the large brick 
house where J. Henry Newman now resides, a view of 
which is presented in this volume. He never had child- 
ren. He died June 30, 1854. 



404 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

XTI. 

Sarah, bap. in Harvard, Feb. 21, 1768 ; d in infancy. 

XIII. 

Daniel, bap. Apr. 9, 1769; m, Sarah Holt, of Sharon, 
Vt, June 25, 1798. She d. Oct, 17, 181 5, aged 38 years. 
He was married again to Phebe Carlisle, of Walpole, and 
after her death, he married Christiana Keyes, of Acworth. 
His married life was spent in Washington, his home being 
situated on the Marlow road, and now known as the " Bar- 
den place." He died in W., July 10, 185 1. His children 
were all by his first wife. Children : 

(i) Chauncey, b. W., Feb. 22, 1800 ; m. Sylvia, dau. of 
Joseph Snow of W., in 1821 ; she died Aug. 29, 183 1. 
His second wife was Hannah Ware, and after her death 

he married Stone of Harvard, Mass. He lived on the 

height of land south-west of Washington Center, his farm 
embracing the farms now owned by Horace Clyde and 
Mrs. Emily F. Banner. He died Dec. 18, i860. Children : 

(1st wife) 

1 Joseph S., b. W., May 28, 1822 ; m. Judith M. Ste- 
vens, and res. in Salem, Mass. Children : — 

Arthur L., b. Sept. 29, 1849. 
James W., b. Nov. 10, 1850. 
Susie A., b. Aug. 30, 1853. 

2 James S., b. W., June 10, 1824; m. Betsey, dau. of 
Ammi Millen of W., Feb. 26, 185 1; she died Apr. 14, 
1874. He married Lydia G. Hj.mtley, Nov. 8, 1875 ; he 
res. in W. Children : — 

James F., b. W., July 23, 1852 ; m. Luella J., dau. of 
Worcester H. Ball of W., Dec. 24, 1876. They reside in 
Westerly, R. I. They have one child, Nellie E., b. in W., 
Dec. 19, 1879. 

Elgin G., b. W., Jan. 14, 1856; m. Ida D., dau. of Cyrus 
K. Farnsworth of W., June 21, 1880; res. in W. Child- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 405 

ren : — Leroy E., b. W., June 6, 1882; Carroll E., b. W., 
Mar. 7, 1884; Waldo E., b. W., Dec. 19, 1885. 

Luella E., b. W., Nov. 21, 1867, 

3 Daniel, b. W., May 19, 1827; d. in Nashua, Sept. 
— , 1882. 

4 George W., b. W., Aug. 20, 1830; m. Mary A. 
Kimball of Lowell, Mass. He died young and left one 
child, Willie O., who d. in 1876. 

(3d wife) 

5 Sylvia, b. W., Oct. 28, 1842; m. Frank Pollard of 
Lempster, Mar. 14, 1866. 

6 Nancy, b. W., Nov. 4, 1846; m, Wallace Huntoon, 
Sept. — , 1867; res. at Reed's Ferry, N. H. 

(2) Charles, b. W., Aug. 13, 1802; m., ist, Eliza 
Bruce 6f Boston, and, 2ndly, Louise Wheeler of Hollis ; 
res. in Boston and Nashua; d. in Manchester in 1880. 

(3) Sarah, b. W., July 6, 1806 ; m. John Barney of W., 
May 10, 1833 ; res. in W., many years ; now res. in Nashua. 

(4) Mary, b. W., Dec. — , 1808 ; m. Horace Spring, 
and res. in the state of New York ; d. in Moriah, N. Y., 
October, 1836. 

(5) Elvira, b. W., Apr. — , 1810; m. William Baker 
and res. in western New York. 

(6) Hiram, b. W., , 181 1 ; d. Aug. 24, 18 13. 

(7) Hiram, b. W., ; went to the West early in 

life. 

XIV. 

Reuben, bap. in Harvard, Mass., Aug. 11, 1771 ; m. 
Hannah, dau. of "David Danforth of W.; res. at Washing- 
ton Center, where Joseph F. Eaton now resides, also in 
the large house which was afterward the home of Dr. 
David McQuesten. He was an active business man, and 
for a time was engaged in trade. He died in Washing- 
ton, Sept. 2, 1842. His wife d. in 1843. Children : — 



406 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(i) Sally, b. W,, Aug. 29, 1800. 

(2) Roena, b. W., Nov. 22, 1804; m. — ■ Jackson 

of Peru, Vt. 

(3) Wm. L., b. W., Nov. i, 1808; settled in Kansas, 
where he died. 

(4) Isaac D., b. W., Apr. 22, 1810; res. in Boston, 
and is a man of wealth and influence. 

(5) Hannah, b. W., June 8, 181 3 ; married and settled 
in Kansas, where she died. 

XV. 

Sarah, bap. in Harvard, Mass., July 24, 1774; m. Timo- 
thy Davis, and res. in Washington. 

XVI. 

Patty, bap. in Harvard, Mass., Sept. 19, 1776; m. James 
Smith ; res. in W., and afterward in Walpole. After her 
husband's death she returned to Washington. 

XVII. 

Nancy, b. July, 1780; d. in 1833. 

FARRINGTON. 

Samuel Farrington came from Dedham, Mass., to Wash- 
ington, early in its history, and settled in the Mountain 
district in the neighborhood where Josiah Richards, also 
from Dedham, settled. Samuel Farrington was the son of 
Samuel Farrington, and a descendant of Edmond Farring- 
ton, a native of Farringdon, Berk's County, England, 
Edmond Farrington was born in 1588, and sailed from 
London, for America, Apr. 16, 1635, in the ship Hope- 
well. The descendants of Edmond Farrington', in the 
line of Samuel Farrington of Washington are Joseph^ 
Stephen^ Joseph^, Abner^, SamueP, and Samuel, Jr., of 
Washington. 

Samuel Farrington, Jr., married Elizabeth Mann in 
1775, and resided in Washington from the time of his 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 407 

settlement until his death. They had a number of child- 
ren, but the records of all but two of them are unknown 
to us. 

I. 

William, b. ; rem. to the state of New York. . 

II. 

Ichabod, b. ; settled in Claremont ; m. Phebe 

Fisher ; he accompanied Capt. Cook on one of his voy- 
ages. Children : — 

(i) Ichabod, Jr., m. ist, Betsey Patrick, and 2ndly, 
Betsey Smith. 

(2) Benjamin, . 

(3) Jacob, . 

(4) Rebecca, m. Joseph, son of Rev. George Leslie. 

(5) Sarah, m. Thomas Goodhue. 

(6) , m. James Osgood. 

(7) Kate, m. Connor. 

(8) Esther, m. Connor. 

(9) Hannah, m. Thomas Goodhue. 

FAIiRAR. 

Jacob Farrar was one of the first proprietors of Lancas- 
ter, Mass., in 1653. His grandson, George Farrar, set- 
tled in Lincoln, Mass., in 1692. 

Dea. Samuel Farrar, son of George Farrar, was born in 
Lincoln, Mass., Sept. 28, 1708. He married Lydia Bar- 
rett, Jan. 13, 1 73 1 or 1732, and always resided in his na- 
tive town. 

Stephen Farrar, son of Dea. Samuel Farrar, was born 
in Lincoln, Mass., Sept. 8, 1738; graduated at Harvard in 
1755; settled as pastor of the Congregational church in 
New Ipswich, N. H., in 1760, which was his first and only 
pastorate. He died, suddenly, June 23, 1809, having 
served as pastor almost forty-nine years. He married 
P2unice Brown in 1764, by whom he had twelve children. 



408 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Stephen Farrar, Jr., son of Rev. Stephen Farrar, was 
born in New Ipswich, Aug. 17, 1766. He resided in New 
Ipswich, N. H., and Groton, Mass. 

Stephen F. Farrar, son of Stephen Farrar, Jr., was born 
• in Groton, Mass., Feb. 22, 1808. With his brothers, George 
and John M., he came to Washington prior to 1848, and 
engaged in the manufacture of wooden ware at East 
Washington. With the exception of a few years spent 
in Sunapee, Henniker and Hillsborough, the remainder of 
his life was spent in Washington. He married Mrs. 
Catharine M. Spaulding, widow of Gilman Spaulding, Oct. 
19, 1848. He died Mar. 20, 1884. He was a man of ex- 
emplary life, and a firm believer in the Christian religion, 
the doctrines of which he endeavored to practice in his 
daily life. 

FAR WELL. 

Henry FarwelP came from England and settled in Con- 
cord, Mass., where he was a resident as early as 1635. 

Joseph", son of Henry Farwell, married Hannah Ear- 
ned, a native of Woburn, Mass., Dec. 25, 1666. They 
were married at Chelmsford, Mass. 

Joseph^, son (5f Joseph and Hannah Farwell, was born 
May 24, 1670. He married Hannah Coburn at Chelms- 
ford, Mass. 

Joseph-*, son of Joseph and Hannah (Coburn) Farwell, 
was born Aug. 6, 1696, and removed with his parents to 

Groton, Mass., in 1699. He was married to Mary , 

Dec. 24, 1 7 19. He was the father of eight children. 

Thomas Farwell^, fifth child of Joseph and Mary Far- 
well, was born in Groton, Mass., July 31, 1733. He set- 
tled in Washington at an early date, and resided west of 
the village at the center of the town, and not far from the 
present residence of Jabez Fisher. He was a good citizen 
and an influential member of the church, in which he 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 4O9 

held the office of deacon. Before his settlement in Wash- 
ington he married Sarah Davis. His wife died in W., 
Feb. 28, 181 3, aged 70 yrs. Dea. Thomas Farwell died 
in W., Feb. 20, 1825, aged 91 yrs. Children: — 

I. 

Ephraim, b. Groton, Mass., Oct. 31, 1760; m. Annie 
; res. in Groton, Mass.; rem. to Washington be- 
tween the years 1785 and 1790. He resided on the 
Goshen road, on the place recently occupied by Daniel 
Millet. He was very prominent in town affairs, and held 
much office. He died Aug. 15, 1825. Children : — 

(i) Nancy, b. Groton, Mass., May 6, 17 — ; m. 

Bartlett, and res. in Whitefield, N. H. 

(2) Sally, b. Groton, Mass., Mar. 7, 1785 ; m. Isaac 
Cheney, Dec. 31, 1805 ; d. in W., Dec. 5, 1811, aged 26 yrs. 

(3) Polly, b. , Apr. 19, 1787; m. Samuel Flan- 
ders ; d. in W., Feb. I7,_ 1848, aged 60 yrs. 

(4) Lucy, b. , Nov. 2, 1789; m Benjamin 

Clark, Mar. 29, 1812 ; d. Mar. 29, 1843. 

(5) Daughter, b. W., May 25, 1792. 

(6) Thomas, b. W., Mar. 21, 1795; res. in Claremont. 

(7) Betsey W., b. W., about 1797; m. Ammi W. Mil- 
len of W., Oct. 16, 1820; d. in W., July 27, 1823, aged 
26 yrs. 

(8) Edith, (date of birth uncertain) ; m. Nutt ; 

res, in Massachusetts. 

(9) Ephraim, Jr., b. W., Aug. 16, 1803 ; res. in Massa- 
chusetts. 

ir. 

Thomas, Jr., b. Groton, Mass., Jan. 26, 1763; m. 

Waite and res. in Hopkinton ; d. May 27, 1829. No 
children. 

III. 

Joseph, b. Groton, Mass., May 13, 1765; res. in Con- 
cord, Mass. 



4IO HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

IV. 

Sarah, b. Groton, Mass., Jan. 9, 1768; m. "William Law- 
rence; d. in Nashua, Aug. 8, 1850, 

V. 

Levi, b. Groton, Mass., Nov. 7, 1770; m. Sarah, dau. of 
Capt. Abijah Smith of New Ipswich, N. H. He came to 
Washington and resided where Col. Judson Wilkin s now 
resides. He died Sept. 14, 1858, aged 88 yrs. His wife 
died May 20, 1851, aged 78 yrs. Children: — 

(i) John, b. W., Nov. 19, 1800; m. Charlotte Willard, 
Nov. 29, 1826; res. for a time in Peterborough; after- 
ward went to California, where he died June 2], 1876. 
Children : — 

1 Frederick, . 

2 Frances, . 



(2) Cynthia, b. W., Aug. 9, 1805; m. Hiram Eaton, 
Nov. 20, 1826, and res. in W.; d. May i, 1885. 

(3) Levi, Jr., b. W., June 23, 1807; d. in W., Jan. i, 
1856. 

(4) Sarah, b. W., Sept. 28, 1808; m. Col. Judson Wil- 
kins of W., Oct. 7, 1834; d. in W., July 19, 1880. 

(5) Abigail, b. W., June 19, 1812 ; m. George W. Ben- 
jamin, Dec. 7, 1837; res. in W., and afterward in Jaffrey, 
where she d. Aug. 4, 1865. 

(6) Joseph, b. W., Jan. 27, 1817; m, Harriet G. War- 
ren, Nov. 19, 1846. They have resided in Boston and vi- 
cinity, their present residence being Hyde Park, Mass. 
Children. 

1 James W., b. Aug. 5, 1847. 

2 Edwin C, b. Aug. 2, 185 I. 

V. 

William, b. probably in Groton, Mass., Mar. 26, 1780; 
m. Rebecca Smith, dau. of Capt. Abijah Smith, of New 
Ipswich, N. H., in 1803 ; settled in Washington where 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 4II 

James Tubbs resides, but afterward removed to Massa- 
chusetts. He finally returned to W., where he died Dec. 
21, 1863 ; his wife died July 4, 1854. Children : — 

(i) Juliet, b. W., June 10, 1805; m. Rev. Cranmore 
Wallace and settled in Charleston, S. C, where her hus- 
band died and where she still resides. 

(2) Rebecca, b. W., Jan. 18, 1807; d. in Waltham, 
Mass., Jan. 12, 1872. 

(3) Emily, b. W., Oct. i, 1808; res. in Waltham, 
Mass. 

(4) William, b. W., Dec. 17, 1809; m. Harriet R. 
Clark; has resided in Lowell and Somerville, Mass., the 
last named city being his present place of residence. 
Children : 

1 Adalaide, b. Lowell, Mass. 

2 Fred, b. Lowell, Mass. 

(5) Mary, b. W., Dec. 9, 181 1 ; m. Dea. Daniel Farrar, 
and res. in Waltham, Mass.; d. Aug. 3, 1874. 

(6) Sophronia, b. W., Oct. 28, 181 3 ; m. John Weston, 
June 19, 1832; res. in Cambridgeport, Mass., a few years, 
and afterward in Washington, where she still resides ; her 
husband died in W., June 4, 1873. 

(7) Jane, b. W., Dec. 28, 1814; d. Jan. 11, 1816. 

FAXON". 

Three brothers, James, Azariah and Francis Faxon, 
came to Washington from Braintree, Mass., and settled at 
an early date. Just when they came is uncertain, but it 
is supposed to have been between the years 1780 and 
1790. James Faxon was born in Braintree, Mass., Aug. 
24, 1764. He came to Washington and lived at the cen- 
ter of the town, in a house which stood near the spot 
where the soldiers' monument now stands. He was en- 
gaged in trade, in company with his brother, Azariah, and 



412 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

also taught many schools. He married Catharine, dau. of 
Simon Chamberlain of W., Jan. 24, 1793, who died Nov. 
4, 1 8 16, at the age of forty-five. He was again married 
to Mrs. Hale. After residing some years in the vil- 
lage he built a house on what is now called "Faxon 
Hill," south-west of the village, and there spent the re- 
mainder of his life. He was a man of influence, and often 
held important office. He died Mar. 30, 1842. Children : — 

I. 

Catharine, b. W., Mar. 16, 1794; m. Supply Barney of 
W., Jan. 20, 1814; d. in W., Dec. 3, 1873. 

II. 

Betsey W., b. W., Dec. 17, 1796 ; m. James Tubbs, Apr. 
18, 1822; res. in New Boston, and since 1832, in W. She 
is one of the oldest residents of the town. 

III. 

Susan P., b. W., Apr. 29, 1799; m. William Livermore 
of Hillsborough, in May, 1833. 

IV. 

Diantha, b. W., June 30, 1802 ; m. Emory, and 

resided in Newport. 

V. 

Rebecca, b. W., Oct. 8, 1804; d. in Hillsborough in 
early life. 

VI. 

Anna, b. W., Apr. 18, 1807; m. Dodge; res. in 

Nashua. 

(2n(l wife) 
VII. 
Harriet R., b. W., about 1834; d. July 19, 1840. 

VIII. 

James, Jr., b. W., ; res. in Salem, Mass. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 413 

IX. 

Elisha, b. W., ; res. in Salem, Mass. 

Azariah Faxon, brother of James, came from Braintree, 
Mass., and res. at the center of the town, where Abraham 
B. Story, Esq., and the Healy family afterward resided. 
He was a store keeper, and traded for a time in company 
with his brother James. He was a prominent citizen, 
and was chosen to represent the town in the legislature 
in 1794 and 1797. He married Rhoda Short of Newport, 
May 31, 1808, and afterward removed to Vermont. 

Francis Faxon, brother of James and Azariah, was also 
a native of Braintree, Mass. He came to Washington be- 
tween the years 1780 and 1790, and settled on the hill 
west of Washington Center, near the residence of Thomas 
Penniman. His wife was Dorcas , whom he mar- 
ried before coming to W^ashington. They had six child- 
ren, most, if not all of whom were born in W. Before his 
death he removed to Fairlee, Vt. Children : — 

I. 

Francis, Jr., b. , Nov. 22, 1785. 

II. 



III. 
IV. 
V. 



Sally, b. July 24, 1788. 

Hitty, b. May 4, 1791. 

Sue, b. Jan. 20, 1794. 

John, b. May 8, 1796. 

VI. 
Azariah, b. Jan. 19, 1799. 



FIFIELD. 

Herrick S. Fifield, son of Elijah and Hannah (Eaton) 
Fifield, was born in Hopkinton, Aug. 31, 1823. He came 
to Washington, from Bradford, in 1843 or 1844, and was 



414 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

engaged in blacksmithing and the manufacture of bobbins 
and card-boards. He married Alice, dau. of Benjamin 
Smith of Washington, Sept. 9, 1846. She died Jan. i, 
1854. He left W. in 1856, and at present res. in Paw- 
tucket, R. I. His second wife was Sarah M. Miller, 
whom he married Mar. 9, 1854. Children : — 

(1st wife) , 

I. 
Sumner W., Ip. W., Oct. 15, 1848 ; m. Carrie R. Cotton 
Nov. 3, 1869; res. Pawtucket, R, I. Children: — 

(i) Chas. S., b. Apr. 18, 1872. 
(2) Eugene E., b. May 12, 1874. 

II. 
Cevalla E. A., b. W., Nov. 26, 1850; m. Albert J. Allen 
Jan. 19, 1875. 

(2nd wife) 

III. 

Walter H., b. Feb. 4, 1856; m. Carrie L. Brown June 
29, 1877. Child : — 

(i) Luella D., b. Nov. 30, 1879. 

FISHER. 

The Fisher family originally settled in or near Ded- 
ham, Mass. 

Nathaniel Fisher lived in Canton, Mass., where his son, 
Jabin Fisher, was born, Mar. 15, 1764. 

Jabin Fisher m. Mary Tucker, dau. of James Tucker of 
Canton, Feb. 10, 1791, and resided in Canton until about 
the year 1809, when he removed to Washington, and set- 
tled on the farm where his son, Jabez Plsher, now resides. 
He continued to reside in W. until his death, which oc- 
curred June 13, 1842. His wife died Mar. 21, 1853. 
Children : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 415 

I. 

Jabez, b. Canton, Mass., Nov. 28, 1791 ; m. Susanna 
Stone, a native of Watertown, Mass., Nov. 7, 18 16. He 
res. many years in Boston and Brookline, Mass., and was 
engaged in the wholesale provision trade, in Boston, in 
which he was very successful. He was interested in 
large packing establishments in the west, whose products, 
before the days of railroads, found their way to Boston 
by the way of New Orleans. 

He had a fond attachment for the old homestead in 
Washington, and after his father's death, he preserved it 
as a place of summer residence. His wife died in Brook- 
line, Mass., Jan. 8, 1875. After his wife's death he re- 
tired to his country home in Washington, where he has 
since resided. At the present time he is the oldest resi- 
dent of the town. 

During his long and active life he has sustained a repu- 
tation for honorable dealing among all business men. He 
has done much to promote the welfare of Washington, 
dispensing his wealth with a liberal hand in aid of all 
worthy objects. Children : — 

(i) James T., b. Boston, Aug. 12, 1817 ; m. Emma B. 
Guild of Francestown, N. H., June 21, 1854; d. in Ja- 
maica Plain, Mass., Aug. 7, 1864. Child : — 

I Herbert G., b. July 29, 1858. 

(2) Susan S., b. Boston, Jan. 8, 1820; m. Abraham F. 
Clark, July, 1846; res. in Marietta, Ga. 

(3) Harriet L., b. Boston, Apr. 23, 1822; m. Nathaniel 
G. Chapin, Aug. 31, 1843; res. in Brookline, Mass. 

(4) Jabez G., b. Boston, Sept. 5, 1823; d. Jan. 10, 
1826. 

(5) Eveline, b. Boston, Sept. 17, 1824; d. at Concord, 
N. H., Mar. 21, 1878. 

(6) Ann M. B., b. Boston, Dec. 22, 1825 ; m. John H. 
Tweedy; res. in Milwaukee, Wis. 



4l6 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

(7) George J., b. Boston, Feb. 21, 1828; m. Cornelia 
W. Curtis, Nov. 4, 185 1. He has resided in Boston and 
Brookline, Mass. He was engaged some years in the 
wholesale provision trade, but is at present Purchasing 
Agent for the Boston and Maine, and Eastern railroads. 
He was stationed a short time, during the summer of 
1862, in the garrison at Fort Warren, where he was a 
lieutenant in the Independent Corps of Cadets. Child- 
ren : — 

1 Elizabeth R., b. Boston, Nov. 8, 1853. 

2 Maud R., b. Brookline, Mass., Jan. 30, 1855. 

3 William B., b. Boston, Aug. 6, 1858. 

4 Caroline E., b. Brookline, June 23, 1862. 

5 Richard A., b. " Oct. 24, 1868. 

6 Eleanor G., b. " Jan. 29, 1871. 

7 Leslie L., b. " Dec. 8, 1872. 

(8) Mary D., b. Boston, June 10, 1830 ; d. Apr., 1831. 

(9) Isaac Davenport, b. Boston, Mar. 28, 1834; m. 
Charlotte Ilsley, Oct. 17, 1866. She is a native of East- 
port, Me., and was born July 28, 1840. During the Re- 
bellion he served as first lieut., in the 5th Mass. regt. of 
colored cavalry, and his regt. was one of the first to enter 
Richmond. The most of his married life has been spent 
in Milwaukee, Wis., which is his present place of resi- 
dence. He is a chemist, and from 1869 until 1874 he 
occupied the position of Professor of Chemistry in the 
U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Children : — 

1 Ilsley, b. Milwaukee, July 23, 1867; d. May 24, 1883. 

2 Susanna D., b. Milwaukee, July 6, 1869. 

3 Edward T., b " June 23, 1872. 

4 Frederick, b. " Mar. 4, 1877. 

5 Charlotte, b. " Jan. 10, 1879. 

6 George, b " Dec. 27, 1881 ; d. May 9, 





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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 417 

(10) Charles L., b. Boston, Oct. 23, 1836; d. in Boston, 
Nov. 28, 1843. 

II. 

Nathaniel, b. Canton, Mass., Apr. 15, 1794; m. Mary- 
May in Canton, Nov. 8, 18 19. After her death, which 
occurred Sept. 7, 1822, he married Eliza, dau. of Ward 
Sampson of W., Oct. 7, 1827. She died in Boston, Nov. 
28, 1837. His third marriage was to Betsey, dau. of David 
Draper of Dedham, Mass., and formerly of Washington. 
They were married June 19, 1839. Nathaniel Fisher was 
engaged in the provision trade many years in Boston, in 
company with his brother, Jabez. In 1839 he settled in 
Northborough, Mass., where he spent the rest of his life 
engaged in farming. His wife died in Northborough, Dec. 
3, 1870 aged 77 yrs. He died in the same place May i, 
1884. Children:— 

(1st wife) 

(i) Lydia S., b. Jan. 22, 1821 ; m. Rev. T. E. Thomas 
of Hamilton, O., Nov. 4, 1840; res. in Yellow Springs, 
Ohio. 

(2ncl wife) 

(2) Mary E., b. Jan. 15, 1825 ; m. Alfred Thomas of 
Hamilton, Ohio, Nov, 7, 1843 ; res. in Washington, D. C. 

(3) Cyrus S., b. June 6, 1828. 

(4) Sophronia S., b. 1830; m. Rev. Philo B. Wilcox of 
East Bridgewater, Mass., Apr. 18, 1854; res. in North- 
borough, Mass. 

(5) Nathaniel, Jr., b. Feb. 12, 1833 ; res. in Oxford, Me. 

III. 

Mary, b. Canton, Mass., Oct. 18, 1796; d. in Waltham, 
Mass., May 22, 1873. 

IV. 

Charles, b. Canton, Mass., Dec. 9, 1799; spent his 
youth in Washington ; m. Julia R. Brigham of Cincinnati, 



41 8 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

O., Nov. I, 1833; res. principally in Boston, Mass., Cin- 
cinnati and Hamilton, Ohio. He was a partner of his 
brother, Jabez, for a time, and later was a wholesale grocer 
in Cincinnati. He died in Yellow Springs, Ohio, at the 
age of sixty-eight years. His widow res. in Boston. 
Children : — 

(i) Chas. L., b. Mar. 2, 1835. 

(2) Edward W., b. Apr. 7, 1836. 

(3) Theodore, b. Oct., 1837. 

(4) Cornelia M., b. July 4, 1840. 

(5) Sidney A., b. Mar. 18, 1842. 

(6) Horace, b. , 1844. 

V. 

Patience, b. Canton, Mass., Nov. 22, 1801 ; res. in Con- 
cord, N. H. 

VI. 

Eliza A., b. Canton, Mass., June 6, 1807; d. in W., 
July 23, 1831. 

VII. 

Clarissa, b. Canton, Mass., June 30, 1809; m. Henry 
J. Curtis, Aug. 23, 1831 ; d. at Rusville, O. 

VIII. 

James, b. Washington, Sept. 30, 181 1 ; m. Eliza Tucker, 
Sept. 16, 1839; res. in Hamilton, Ohio, and afterward lo- 
cated in Boston, where he res. many years. He has res. 
in San Diego, California since 1884. During the most of 
his life he has been engaged in mercantile pursuits, in 
which he has been very successful. Children : — 

(i) Helen C, b. Stoughton, Mass., Oct. 30, 1840; m. 
Timothy G. Wright, May i, 1865 ; res. in Boston. 

(2) Mary P., b. Rossville, O., Dec. 15, 1844; m. 
Charles W. Sheldon, May 25, 1869; res. in Campus, 111. 

(3) Charles, b. Oxford, O., May 20, 1847; m. Rose 
Jones, Aug. i, 1881 ; d. in Hastings, Neb., June 26, 1884. 



HISTORy OF WASHINGTON. 419 

(4) Clara, b. Oxford, O., Jan. 25, 1850; m. Judson 
Baldwin, June 16, 1870; res. in Boston, 

(5) Emma, b. Oxford, O., Apr. i, 1852; d. Sept. 13, 1852. 

(6) Edward W., b. Oxford, O., Feb. 20, 1854; d. Aug. 

14, 1855- 

(7) Abbie L., b. Oxford, O., Feb. 15, 1858; m. Erstine 
F. Clapp, June 3, 1876; res. in Boston. 

(8\ James T., b. Oxford, O., Feb. 22, 1864; res. in 
San Diego, Cal. 

IX. 

William, b. W., Jan. i, 18 14; left W. in 183 1, and res. 
in Hamilton, O., and Hennepin, 111., some years ; m. 
Catharine Loveland of Cincinnati, Aug. 8, 1838, and has 
since resided in Lacon, 111. Children : — 

(i) Catharine, b. Lacon, 111., Mar. 27, 1840; d. Apr. 
28, 1840. 

(2) Clarissa A., b. Lacon, 111., June 23, 1841 ; d. in 
Lacon, July 2, i860. 

(3) Emma C, b. Lacon, 111., Jan. 6, 1844; m. John S. 
Tuttle, Oct. 15, 1862. 

(4) Mary S., b. Lacon, III, Apr. 13, 1846; m. Wm. R. 
Fairbanks, May 21, 1866. 

(5) Maria E., b. Lacon, III, Apr. 18, 1849; ^- E. P. 
Fishburn, Aug, 10, 1871 ; d. Mar, 12, 1872, 

(6) Kate E., b. Lacon, 111., July 9, 1852; m. Robert 
Challoner, Aug. 27, 1873. 

(7) Nellie C, b. Lacon, III, Jan. i, 1857, 

Silas Plsher w^as born in Needham, Mass., July 20, 
1776. He married Jane Kelsey about the year 1803, and 
resided the first of his married life in Danville and Cabot, 
Vt. They then settled in Newport, where they resided 
until the death of Mrs. Fisher, in 1824. In 1828, or soon 
after that year, he came to Washington, and married Sally 
Reed about 1835, ^.nd resided in the South district, where 
the widow of George D. Reed now resides. He died June 



420 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

1 8, 1863. The children of Silas Fisher, all by his first 
wife, are : — 

I. 

Anna B., b. Danville, Vt., Oct. 4, 1804; m. John Stow- 
ell, Feb. 8, 1826; res. Lempster and W.; d. in W., May 
31, 1832. 

ir. 

Hitty, b. , 1806 (.?) ; d. in childhood. 

III. 

Livonia, b. Cabot, Vt., Dec. 7, 1808; m. John Stowell, 
Oct. 23, 1832; res. in W.; d. Feb. 12, 1838. 

IV. 

Prudence, b. Newport, N, H., , 1812; m. Stephen 

C. Baldwin, in 1833; res. in Gardiner, Me. 

V. 

Cynthia, b. Newport, Jan. 25, 1815 ; m. John B. Che- 
ney of W., Oct. II, 1837; res. in Groton, Mass. 

FISK. 

Nathan Fisk' was born at Broad Gates, Loxfield, Fram- 
lingham, Suffolk, England. In company with his widowed 
mother, his brother, and his uncle David, he emigrated to 
America about the year 1636, and settled at Watertown, 
Mass. His mother died during the passage across the 
Atlantic. 

NathanieP, fourth son of Nathan and Susanna Fisk, 
was born July 12, 1653, and was married to Mary Child in 
1677. 

Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel and Mary (Child) Fisk, 
was born June 9, 1678. He married Hannah Adams, Jan. 
16, 1706, at Sherborn, Mass. They had five children. 

Moses-*, fourth child of Nathaniel and Hannah (Adams) 
Fisk, married Mehitable Broad and settled in Natick, 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. . 42 1 

Mass. He died about 1770, and his wife in 1773. He 
had sons, Moses, Joshua, Enoch, and Elijah. 

Elijah Fisks, son of Moses and Mehitable (Broad) Fisk, 
was born in Natick, Mass., Sept. 14, 1753. He married 
Elizabeth Binney in Weston, Mass., in 1781. She was 
born in Lincoln, Mass., June 22, 1756. He removed to 
Hillsborough, N. H., in 1782, and was the first settler on 
the farm now the home of George Brockway. He died in 
Hillsborough, Sept. 6, 18 18. His wife, Elizabeth, died 
Jan. 2, 1798. He participated in the struggle for inde- 
pendence, and was one of the first to join the American 
army after the battle of Lexington, having enlisted at 
Cambridge, Mass., Apr. 20, 1775. 

John Fisk, son of Elijah and Elizabeth (Binney) Fisk, 
was born in Hillsborough, N. H., Aug. 19, 1789. He 
married Lucy, dau. of Otis Howe of Hillsborough, July 5, 
1812. The year of his marriage his father deeded to him 
thirty acres of land, upon which the lower part of East 
Washington village was afterward built. In 18 12, he 
erected a house, which is now the L of the house now oc- 
cupied by Hiram J. Gage. His wife died in W., Sept. 29, 
18 1 5. His second wife was Susan Craige of Bradford, 
whom he married Dec. 31, 1820. In 1832, they removed 
to New Hampton, prompted by a desire to give their 
children a better education than the public schools offered. 
They resided in New Hampton until 1856, when they re- 
turned to Washington, where they resided until 1864, 
when they removed with their sons to Webster, N. H., 
where the remainder of their lives was spent. He was an 
active member of the church for many years, and held the 
office of deacon. He died in Webster, May 24, 1878 ; his 
wife died Sept. 10, 1873. Children: — 

(1st wife) 
I. 
Calvin, b. W., Apr. 26, 1813 ; d. Apr. 28, 1813. 



422 . HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

II. 

Luther, b. W., Apr. 26, 1813; d. Apr. 26, 181 3. 

III. 
Elizabeth B., b. W., May 22, 1814; m. Alden Walker, 
Sept. 14, 1848; res. in Hillsborough, where she d. June 
6, 1850. 

IV. 
Lucy H., b. W., Sept. 15, 1815; m. Isaac N. Gage, 
Dec. 26, 1837; res. in W.; d. Feb. 19, 1868. 

(2nd wife) 

V. 

John N., b. W., Nov. 27, 1821 ; went to the south when 
a young man ; m. Margaret M. Muse of Fredericksburg, 
Va., Sept. 23, 1853. He is a house, sign and decorative 
painter, and has res. in Fredericksburg, Va., Columbia, 
S. C, Augusta and Grovetown, Ga., the last named place 
being his present place of residence. Children : — 

(i) William M., b. Fredericksburg, Va., Sept. 3, 1854. 

(2) Catharine C, b. Columbia, S. C, ifVpr. 3,. 1857. 

(3) Julian F., b. Augusta, Ga., Mar. 3, i860. 

(4) Maggie W., b. " Mar. 3, 1865. 

(5) Mary E., b. Grovetown, Ga., May 26, 1878; d. 
Feb. II, 1880, 

(6) John A., b. Grovetown, Ga., May 26, 1878; d. 
June 22, 1878. 

VI. 
Charles C, b. W., Apr. 10, 1823 ; d. Jan. 6, 1825. 

VII. 
Mary G., b. W., Dec. 18, 1825 ; m. James B. Goodhue, 
Oct. 9, 1853 ; res. in Webster. 

VIII. 
Friend F., b. W., Apr. 6, 1828; m. Jane B. Smith of 
Hanson, Mass., Oct. 8, 1872; res. in Webster, where he 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 423 

is actively engaged in farming. During the Rebellion he 
was in the army in the service of the Christian Commis- 
sion. Child : — 

(i) William F., b. Webster, Mar. lo, 1876. 

IX. 
William T., b. W., Mar. 19, 1830; res. in Webster, 
where in company with his brother. Friend F, Fisk, he is 
extensively engaged in farming. 

X. 
Ann M. J., b. New Hampton, Apr. 8, 1832; d. Nov. 
30, 1842. 

XI. 

Susan Caroline, b. New Hampton, Sept. 16, 1834; d. in 
Webster, Feb. 14, 1865. 

FLETCHER. 

Robert Fletcher', from whom the Fletchers of Wash- 
ington derive their descent, settled in Concord, Mass., in 
1630. He died in that town, Apr. 3, 1677, at the age of 
eighty-five. 

Francis^ son of Robert Fletcher, was born in Concord, 
Mass., in 1636. He was married to Elizabeth Wheeler, 
Aug. I, 1656, and res. in Concord, Mass., where he was 
an extensive owner of real estate. 

Joseph^, son of Francis and Elizabeth Fletcher, was 
born in Concord, Mass., Apr. 15, 1661. He married Mary 
Dudley, June 17, 1688, and resided in Concord, Mass. 

Francis^, son of Joseph and Mary Fletcher, was born 
in Concord, Mass., Nov. 12, 1698. He married Abigail 

, and res. many years in Concord, but finally rem. 

to New Ipswich, N. H. 

Francis, Jr.,^ son of Francis and Abigail Fletcher, was 
born in Concord, Mass., Oct. 22, 1733. He married 



424 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Sarah Parker of Westfield, Mass., June ii, 1760, and the 
same year settled in New Ipswich, N. H. He was a sol- 
dier in the Revolution, and assisted in the capture of Gen. 
Burgoyne. He died Aug. 27, 1797. His widow married 
Joshua Todd, and died in Antrim, Dec. 25, 1825. 

Joshua Fletcher^, son of Francis and Sarah Fletcher, 
was born in New Ipswich, N. H., Apr. 27, 1773. He m. 
Susanna Parker, in 1793, and became a resident of Wash- 
ington in 1806. He first resided in the Mountain dis- 
trict, on the farm afterward owned by Amos Corey. The 
last of his life was spent at the north part of the 
town, on a farm (now deserted) near Fletcher Pond. He 
died Feb. 10, 1841; his wife died Jan. 30, 1853. Child- 
ren : — 

I. 

Joshua, Jr., b. Stoddard, July 30, 1794; m. Eliza Stev- 
ens, in 1819; res. in W., in the Mountain district; died 
June 6, 1855. He had five children. 

II. 

Susan, b. New Ipswich, Feb. 25, 1796; m. Isaac Green 
of Hillsborough, Apr. 7, 1818; d. Dec. 25, 1876. 

III. 

Sarah, b. New Ipswich, Apr. 2, 1797; m. Ezra Millen 
of W., Apr. 17, 18 18; d. in Royalston, Mass., Sept. 27, 
1885. 

IV. 
Diadema, b. New Ipswich, Sept. 16, 1798 ; m. Hezekiah 
Davis, in 1820; res. in Washington, afterward in Water- 
town, Mass., now in Lempster, N. H. 

V. 
Diana, b. Sept. 13, 1804; d. May 27, 1806. 

VI. 
Francis P., b. Washington, June 13, 1808; m. Pamelia 
Frost, Apr. 19, 183 1. She died June 25, 1834, and he 
was again married to Joann Thompson, Aug. 23, 1835. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 425 

The most of his life was spent in Washington and Lemp- 
ster, although a few years were spent in Boston, Mass., 
Hancock and Sunapee, N. H. He died in Lempster, Jan. 
21, 1883. His wife died July 3, 1883. Children: — 

(1st wife) 
(i) Son, b. Boston, Feb. 20, 1832. 

(2) Francis P., b. W., Nov. 13, 1833. 

(2nd wife) 

(3) Harriet P., b. W., Apr. 16, 1837; d. Lempster, 
Jan. 4, 1857. 

(4) George S., b. Hancock, Oct. 22, 1838; d. Nashua, 
Nov. 21, 1867. 

(5) Phineas D., b. Boston, Mass., Sept. 28, 1841. 

(6) Eliza A., b. Sunapee, Feb. 25, 1846. 

(7) Charles G., b. Lempster, Dec. 16, 1849; d. Dec. 
16, 1849. 

(8) Gilman T., b. Lempster, July 7, 1853; d. Lemp- 
ster, Apr. 27, 1855. 

VII. 
Diana, b. W., June 13, 1808; m. Hezekiah P'uller, 
Sept. 22, 1840; res. in Lempster. 

VIII. 

Gilman, b. W., Oct. 22, 1812; d. June 6, 1852. 

IX. 
Dustin, b. W., Oct. 22, 1816; d. Mar. 15, 1872. 

Jeremiah Fletcher^ son of Francis and Sarah Fletcher, 
and brother of Joshua, was born in New Ipswich, N. H., 
Aug. 10, 1785. He came to Washington a short time be- 
fore his marriage, and purchased a farm of William 
Steele, Jr., two miles north-west of East Washington vil- 
lage, where his son, Dea. Francis P. Fletcher, afterward 
resided. At the time he bought the farm but little of the 
land had been cleared, and the house was built of logs. 
He married Lucy, dau. of Ebenezer Davis of Washington, 



426 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Dec. 24, 1809. He was an industrious and respected cit- 
izen. He died Dec. 18, 1851; his wife died May 27, 
1852. Children: — 

I. 

Mary A., b. W., May 29, 181 1 ; m. Benjamin Cram of 
Bradford, Mar. 16, 1841 ; res. in Bradford. 

II. 

Samuel, b. W., Feb. i, 181 3 ; m. Rebecca, dau. of Rev. 
Nathan Ames, Apr. 30, 1835 ; she died Apr. 25, 1852. 
His second marriage was to Rachel B. Fletcher of An- 
trim. They were married Dec. 21, 1852. He has always 
res. in W., and is a thrifty and well-to-do farmer. He 
holds the office of deacon in the Freewill Baptist church. 
Children : — 

(i) Edwin S., b. W., Mar. 27, 1836 ; m. Lizzie A. Stew- 
art, Nov. I, 1864; res. in Manchester, and is engaged in 
trade. 

(2; Nathan A., b. W., Dec. 12, 1839; ^'^- Emily C. 
Stowers, Nov. 6, 1862; res. in Pawtucket, R. I., and is a 
dealer in furniture. Children : — 

1 Edward S., b. Pawtucket, R. I., Aug. 31, 1863; d. 
Oct. 28, 1864. 

2 Nathan C, b. Pawtucket, R. I., Dec. 7, 1865. 

3 Howard A., b. " Nov. 8, 1867. 

(3) George H., b. W., Mar. 6, 1844; m. Luthera, dau. 
of James Barney of W., July 4, 1866. He res. in Crans- 
ton, R. I., where he occupies a responsible position in the 
state almshouse. During the Rebellion, he was a soldier 
in the loth New Hampshire regiment. 

(4) Margaret R., b. W., Oct. 14, 1848; m. George L. 
Mellen of W., Apr. 20, 1866; res. in W. 

(2nd wife) 

(5) Ida F., b. W., June 26, 1859; d. Sept. 19, 1882. 

(6) Nellie E., b. W., May 26, 1863 ; d. Dec. 9, 1865. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 42/ 

III. 

Lucy, b. W.. Nov. 15, 1814; m. Joel Severance of W., 
Apr. 9, 1846; d. in W., Mar. 7, 1852. 

IV. 

Lydia, b. W., Nov. 5, 1817; m. Edmund Dole, May 20, 
1 841 ; res. in Claremont. 

V. 

Francis P., b. W., Aug. 25, 1820; m. Paulina C, dau. 
of Solomon Ingals of Bradford, Apr. 9, 1846; during the 
Rebellion, he was a soldier in the loth New Hamshire 
regiment. He has always res. in W., and holds the office 
of deacon in the Baptist church in East Washington. His 
wife died Dec. 14, 1878. Children: — 

(i) Paulina M., b. W., Oct. 10, 1848; m. Albion L. 
Ritter, in July, 1863. Her second marriage was to 
George E. McQuesten, Dec. 14, 1872. They reside in 
Nashua. 

(2) George F., b. W., Feb. 26, 1854; is a student in 
Vermont Academy, at Saxton's River, Vt. 

(3) Charles W. J., b. W., May 19, 1855 ; m. Kate L.. 
dau. of Ziba Crane of W., Oct. 29, 1878 ; res. in W. Child : 

I Harry F., b. W., Nov. 13, 1882. 

(4) Herman P., b. W., Dec. 24, 1856; m. Lilla E., dau. 
of Clark S. Spaulding of W., Sept. 18, 1878; res. in W.; 
she d. May 17, 1883. 

VI. 
Relief, b. W., Mar. i, 1822 ; d. aged two months. 

VII. 
Jeremiah, Jr., b. W., May 2, 1824 ; d. aged seven months. 

VIII. 
Henry A., b. W., Dec. 8, 1827; m. Elvira W., dau. of 
Benj. Cram of Bradford, Apr. 24, 1851 ; res. many years 
in W., where he was an enterprising farmer ; he now res. 



428 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

in Amherst. During his res. in W., he was for a time 
one of the deacons in the Baptist church. 

The records of Washington state that Benjamin Fletcher 
and Mehitable, his wife, had a daughter, Harriet, born 
Jan. 23, 1798. 

The records further state that Benjamin Fletcher was 
married to Polly Copeland of Stoddard, in 1800. They 
had two children born in W.: — 

I. 

Benjamin, Jr., b. W., Feb. 7, 1801. 

II. 

Abraham, b. W., Aug. 24, 1802. 

FOSTER. 

Elijah Foster lived at the east part of Washington, on a 
farm (now deserted), situated a mile and a half west of 
East Washington village, on the old road (now abandoned) 
leading to the center of the town. He married Molly 
Severance, a sister of Daniel, Abel and Rufus Severance, 
who resided in that part of the town. They had a large 
family of children, but nothing is known of their de- 
scendants. Children : — 

I. 

Sally, b. W., Oct. 12, 1784; m. Richards; res. 

Newport. 

11. 
Ephraim, b. W., Feb. 20, 1787; d. June 23, 1835, aged 
48 yrs. 

III. 
Nabby, b. W., July 30, 1789; m. John Smith, Jr., June 
16, 1811. 

IV. 
Polly, b. W., July 9, 1791. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 429 

V. 

Betsey, b. W., Oct. i6, 1793. 

VI. 
Elijah, Jr., b. W., Aug. 19, 1796. 

VII. 
Daniel, b. W., Aug. 6, 1798. 

VIII. 
Israel, b. W., Mar. 9, 1802. 

FOWLER. 

Philip Fowler' was probable born in Marlborough, Eng- 
land, about the year 1590. He emigrated to America in 
1634, and settled in Ipswich, Mass., where he died, June 
24, 1679. Ks '^^^s twice married. Mary, his first wife, 
and the mother of all his children, died Aug. 30, 1659. 
His second wife was Mrs. Mary Norton, widow of Geo. 
Norton, whom he married Feb. 2"], 1660. 

Joseph% fifth child of Philip and Mary Fowler, was born 
in England, about the year 1629; came to America with 
his parents in 1634; m. Martha Kimball; was killed by 
Indians, near Deerfield, Mass., May 19, 1676. 

Joseph^, son of Joseph and Martha Fowler, was born in 
Ipswich, Mass., about 1647; m. Elizabeth Hutton of 
Wenham, Mass.; res. in Wenham, Mass., where he died 
Feb. 10, 1717 or 1718. 

Joseph-*, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Fowler, was born 
in Wenham, Mass., Jan. 15 1679; m. Susanna Dennis, 
Nov. 23, 1720. 

Richard', only child of Joseph and Susanna Fowler, 
was born in Wenham, Mass., Oct. 13, 1721 ; m. Ruth 
Cheever (.''). 

Joshua^ son of Richard and Ruth Fowler, was born in 
Lunenburg, Mass., Jan. 16, 1757; m. Lydia Stearns of 



430 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

Littleton, Mass. ; res. in Lunenburg, Mass., a short time, 
and removed to Surry, N. H., where all but his first child 
were born ; finally rem. to Springfield, Vt., where he d. Jan. 
23, 18 1 3. His wife d. two days later, and they were bur- 
ied in one grave. 

Thomas^, oldest son of Joshua and Lydia Fowler, was 
born in Lunenburg, Mass., Jan. 4, 1779; "^-j i^^ Keene, 
N. H., Betsey Stiles, Jan. 29, 1801 ; res. much of his life 
in Vermont, but died in Croydon, N, H., Mar. 28, 1854. 
His wife d. in Grantham, N. H., Aug. 16, 1863. They 
were the parents of sixteen children. 

George F. Fowler^, fourteenth child of Thomas and Bet- 
sey Fowler, was bcu*n in Hartford, Vt., Oct. i, 1826. He 
married Mahala J. Messer, dau. of Alpheus and Polly 
Messer of Newbury, N. H., Aug. 9, 1848. He came to 
Washington to reside about the year 1870, and continued 
to reside here until his death, Apr. 24, 1882. His widow, 
and two of his sons still reside in Washington. He was 
one of the most enterprising business men in Washington, 
and was extensively engaged in the manufacture of card 
boards and other kinds of lumber. He possessed rare 
mechanical skill, and was the inventor of valuable labor 
saving machinery. He was public spirited, and ever ready 
to lend his aid to any good cause. During his res. in 
Washington, he represented the town in the legislature. 
Children : — 

I. 

Frank A., b. Grantham, July 13, 1850; came to W., 
about the year 1870, where he has since resided. He is 
extensively engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber. 

II. 

Edwin H., b. Newbury, Oct. 20, 1856; graduated at 
Dartmouth College, in 1878, and occupies an important 
position in the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. He m. 
Mattie J. Crockett of Sanbornton, Nov. 2, 1882; res. in 
Washington, D. C. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 43 1 

III. 

George P., b. Bradford, Nov. 15, i860.; m. Carrie B., 
dau. of Charles Trow of Washington, Dec. 24, 1881 ; res. 
in W., and is engaged with his brother in the manufacture 
and sale of lumber. Child : — 

(I) Nina B., b. VV., Sept. 13, 1884 

Clinton D. Fowler was born in Springfield, N. H., Sept., 
1837. He is a son of Arial Fowler, now a resident of 
Wilmot. He married Ellen J., dau. of Amariah Crane 
of Washington, Jan. i, 1868. They have res. in Wash- 
ington since 1869. Children: — 

I. 
Henri A., b. W., Dec. 7, 1870. 

II. 
Florence E., b. W., Oct. i, 1872. 

III. 
Robert M., b. W., June 22, 1876. 

IV. 
Addie B., b. W., Nov. 17, 1878. 

V. 
Charles A., b. W., Aug. 30, 1883. 

FOX. 

Samuel Fox was born in New Ipswich, Apr. 12, 1773. 
He married Sally Duncan of Hancock, and settled in that 
town. Not many years afterward, his wife died, and he 
was again married to Thankful Breed, Dec. 26, 1805. She 
was a native of Nelson, and was born May 22, 1786. 
Samuel Fox removed from Hancock to Stoddard a short 
time before his death, which occurred Nov. 27, 18 14. Two 
years after his death his widow removed from Stoddard 
to Washington, and res. in the Mountain district, in a 
house belonging to the farm of Capt. Moses Dinsmore. 
She had three dependent children (her other children hav- 



432 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

ing been provided with homes among friends), and for them 
and herself she was obliged to provide with the products 
of her daily toil. She was a tailoress, and some are now 
living in town who have worn clothes of her manufacture. 
She was blessed in her endeavors, and her little ones never 
suffered want. She was a truly good woman, and her 
deeds, though performed in a humble sphere, deserve a 
record. She removed to Bradford, in 183 1, and in 1865 
went to Warner to reside. She died in Warner, Oct. 22, 
1 869. Children of Samuel Fox : — 

(1st wife) 
I. 
Eliphalet, b. Hancock, about 1801 ; d. 1830. 

II. 
George, b. Hancock, about 1803 ; d. 1862 or 1863. 
(2nd wife) 
III. 
Sally, b. Hancock, Oct. 13, 1806; m. Thomas Morse of 
Bradford, in 1830; rem. to Candia, where she d. Mar. 22, 
1839. 

IV. 
Samuel, b. Hancock, Feb. 21, 1808; d. in Bradford, 
Jan. 25, 1844. 

V. 

Cynthia, b. Hancock, Nov. 3, 1809; m. Walter H. Morse 
of Bradford; d. in Bradford, June 16, 1852. 

VI. 

Nathaniel B., b. Hancock, Oct. 3, 181 1; graduated at 
Amherst College, and was a clergyman ; m. Arcthusa J. 
Ingals of Connecticut ; d. in Abington, Conn., Jan. 30, 
1848. 

VII. 

Thankful, b. Hancock, July 21, 1813; now res. in 
Warner. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 433 

FRAZER. 

John Frazer was born in Scotland, Aug-. 17, 1841 ; came 
to America in 1863, and very soon enlisted in the loth 
New Hampshire regiment, and served faithfully in the 
war of the Rebellion. He married Irvilla E., dau. of Moses 
R. Hoyt, July 24, 1854. They settled in Washington in 
1866, where he continued to res. until his death, Apr. 
II, 1874. His widow married Harvey B. Crane, and res. 
in Newport. Children : — 

I. 
Lawrence F., b. Apr. 8, 1866. 

II. 
Walter A , b. W., Dec. 25, 1869. 

III. 
Lizzie J., b. W., July 24, 1872. 

FRENCH. 

John French' was a native of England, where he was 
born about the year 161 2. He emigrated to America 
about the year 1635, and was admitted freeman in 1639. 
He was a resident of Dorchester, Mass., a short time, 
and removed from that place to Braintree, in the same 
state, where he was a resident as early as 1640. 

The children of John and Grace French were eight in 
number, six sons and two daughters. He died Aug. 6, 
1692, aged about 80 years. His wife died Feb. 28, 1680, 
aged 59 years. 

Thomas^, seventh child of John and Grace French, was 

born Mar. 10, 1657. He m. Elizabeth , and died 

Sept. 22, 1 71 7. 

Thomas, Jr.,^ second child of Thomas and Elizabeth 
French, was born Aug. 5, 1698. He had two wives. By 
his first wife, Rebecca, he had one son. His second wife 



434 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

was Mary Owen, whom he married Nov. 5, 1723, and by 
whom he had eleven children. 

Elijah^ second child of Thomas, Jr., and Mary French, 
was born Nov. 23, 1726. He married Mary Clark, July 
13, 1750, and prior to the year 1790, came to Washington, 
where he died, Jan. 15, 1800. His wife died Jan. 7, 1812. 
They had nine children, several of whom settled in Wash- 
ington, viz., Joseph, Abraham, Isaac, Betsey, and Seba. 

Joseph French^, third child of Elijah and Mary French, 
was born in Braintree, Mass., Mar. 10, 1760. He came to 
Washington as early as 1784, and resided on the spot 
where Lester A. Ball now resides. He died May 2, 1788. 

His widow married Whiting, and resides in 

East Bridgewater, Mass. Children of Joseph and Nabby 
French : — 

I. 

Charles, b. W., Nov. 16, 1784. After the death of his 
father he resided with his uncle, Dea. David Farnsworth 
of Washington, who cared for him during his childhood 
and youth. He married Hannah Clark of Sharon, Vt., 
Nov. 27, 1806, and in 1808, he purchased the farm where 
his son, Charles A. French, now resides, which was after- 
ward his home. He was a man of character and highly 
esteemed. He was a captain in the state militia and in 
later times was generally spoken of as "Capt. French." He 
died Apr. 15, 1880, at the great age of ninety-five years. 
Two months before, he participated in the public celebra- 
tion of the one hundredth birthday of his neighbor, Dea. 
Samuel P. Bailey. His wife d. Feb. 22, 1873. Children: — 

(i) Joseph, b. W., Sept. 25, 1807; d. Oct. 20, 1807. 

(2) William B., b. W., Nov. 13, 1808 ; d. Sept. 18, 18 10. 

(3) Sabrina, b. W., June 25, 18 10; has always res. in W. 

(4) William B., b. W., May 20, 1812 ; m. Aura A. All- 
cock, Dec. 27, 1837. She died May 23, 1868, and he m. 
Jennie E. Forsaith, Sept. 23, 1869. He res. in his native 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 435 

town many years, where he was actively engaged in 
trade, on the spot where Benjamin F. Muzzey is now lo- 
cated. He finally removed to Boston, and later to Man- 
chester, N. H., where he died, Aug. i6, 1884. Child: — 

I Charles H., b. W., Sept. i, 1840; m. Mary Helen, 
dau. of Ezra P. Howard of W., Jan. i, 1863. She died 
Aug. 30, 1869. He resides in Nashua, where he is ex- 
tensively engaged in the manufacture and sale of furni- 
ture. Child : — 

Mary Helen, b. Manchester, June 20, 1869. 

(5) Mary J., b. W., July 6, 18 14; m. Oliver P. Green- 
leaf, Dec. 20, 1835 ; d. in Hillsborough, Jan. 22, 1883. 

(6) Emily T., b. W., Feb. 14, 1816; m. Christopher 
Thompson, June 27, 1857; he d. Oct. 2, 1858, and she m. 
Eli Story, Apr. 22, 1873; res. in Enfield. 

(7) Elizabeth F., b. W., Jan. 26, 1818 ; m. Perkins 
Trow, Dec. 18, 1844; res. in Goshen. 

(8) Catharine, b. W., Jan. 6, 1820; d. June 22, 1848. 

(9) David F., b. W., Aug. 29, 1822 ; m. Martha A. 
Trow, Nov. 22, 1849; she d. July 28, 1851, and he m. 
Mary R. Jameson, Jan. 24, 1854, who d. Feb. 28, 1854; 
his third wife is Esther H. Story, whom he married Dec. 
24, 1856; res. in Enfield. 

(10) Sarah F., b. W., May 29, 1824; m. Edward D. 
Jumper, May 18, 1856; res. in Dexter, Me. 

(11) Abigail W., b. W., Mar. 15, 1826; m. Robert A. 
Gowler, Aug. 7, 1855 ; res. in Columbus, Ohio. 

(12) Charles A., b. W., May 9, 1828; m. Sarah M. 
Thompson, Mar. 6, 1858; res. in W., on the old home- 
stead. 

(13) Clark, b. W., Oct. 4, 1830; d. Oct. 5, 1830. 

II. 
Betsey, b. W., Nov. 30, 1786; m. Dr. Nathaniel 
Thayer of Braintree, Mass., in 18 11. Her husband was a 
surgeon in the war of 18 12, and died in Buffalo, N. Y., 



436 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Aug. 20, 1 8 14. After her husband's death she resided 
principally in Washington until her death, which occurred 
Sept. 21, 1 88 1. She lived a widow sixty-seven years. 

Abraham Frenchs, son of Elijah, and brother of Joseph, 
was born in Braintree, Mass., Aug. 12, 1763. He married 
Phebe Shute of Maiden, Mass., and for a time res. in 
Boston, but in 1799 they came to Washington and set- 
tled on the highland, ndrth-east of the present residence 
of Charles A. French. He was a soldier in the war of 
18 1 2, and died in the army, Jan. 7, 18 14. His widow af- 
terward married Col. Nathaniel Evans of Bradford, and 
died Feb. 14, 1843. Children: — 

I. 

John, b. Boston, ; d. aged two years. 

II. 
Eliza, b. Boston, Aug. 25, 1791; m. Peter Bruce and 
res, in Peterborough; d. May 6, 1874. 

III. 
Phebe S., b. Boston, Mar. 10, 1796; m. Wm. Mathews, 
and res. in New Ipswich; d. Dec. 10, 1835. 

IV. 
John, b. Washington, 'Feb. i, 1800; d. in South Car- 
olinaO, May 26, 1827. 

V. 
Harriet A., b. W., Jan. 13, 1802; m. Lewis Robb, and 
res. in Hancock; d. Jan. 7, 1839. 

VI. 
Roena, b. W., Dec. 19, 1803 ; m. Dea. Ebenezer Smith, 
Nov. 2, 1824; res. in W., and Bradford; d. Sept. 3, 1881. 

Isaac French^, son of Elijah, and brother of Joseph and 
Abraham French, was born in Braintree, Mass., Dec. 22, 
1765. He came to Washington, and carried on the busi- 
ness of hatter. He married Hepzibah Leslie, dau. of 
Rev. George Leslie of W., and resided in a house which 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 437 

Stood near the west end of Benjamin F. Muzzey's store, 
at the centre of the town. He died July 7, 18 16. His 
wife died Apr. 10, 1864, aged 94 years. Children : — 

I. 
Hepsy, b. W., Nov. 25, 1789 ; m. Luther Mellen of W., 
Feb. 15, 1 8 14; res. in W., where she d. Sept. 6, 1821. 

II. 
Polly, b. W., Nov. 28, 1791 ; m. Giles Thompson of 
Bloomfield, N. Y., Oct. 23, 181 5 ; d. at Lower Sandusky, 
Ohio, Sept., 1832. 

III. 
Lucinda, b. \V., Jan. 17, 1794; res. in W., where she d., 
Dec. 9, 1876. 

IV. 
Susan, b. W., Feb. i, 1795 ; m. Alanda Wright, Sept. 
28, 1821 ; d. in Proctorsville, Vt., Jan. 31, 1825. 

V. 

Abigail, b. W., Jan. 3, 1796; m. Kimball; m. 

2ndly, Reynolds, Sept. 10, 1820; d. at Sandusky, 

Ohio, Aug. 30, 1833. 

VI. 

Gardner L., b. W., Feb. 21, 1800; d. April 26, 1822. 

VII. 
Sally, b. W., Nov. i, 1802 ; m. Samuel Button, Sept. 
27, 1825 ; d. in Hillsborough, Dec. 9, 1834. 

VIII. 
Harvey A., b. W., Oct. 12, 1804; m. Elizabeth Melieo 
of N. Y. City ; was a soldier in the Mexican War, and d. 
at Vera Cruz, Mexico. 

IX. 

Sylvia, b. VV., May 3, 1807 ; m. Samuel Dutton, Feb. 
16, 1836; res. in Brattleboro, Vt. 

X. 
Luther M., b. W., Sept. 11, 1809; d. Dec. 26, 1833. 



438 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Betsey French^, daughter of Elijah French, was born 
in Braintree, Mass., about the year 1/68 ; m. Dea. David 
Farnsworth of Washington, Nov. 29, 1787; res. in W., 
where she d. July 19, 1843, aged 75 years. 

Seba French^, the youngest child of Elijah and Mary 
French, was born in Braintree, Mass., Nov. 13, 1773. He 
came to Washington when a young man, and married 
Susan Shepley in Feb., 1801. They settled in Dexter, 
Me., and had three children. He died May 18, 1842. 
His wife died Feb. 11, 1868. 

John O. A. French, son of Nathaniel French, was born 
at Salisbury, Feb. 5, 1828. He studied medicine, and 
settled in W^ashington, in the practice of his profession, in 
1855. He married Cordelia J., dau. of Nathaniel G. 
Jones of Washington, Jan. 2, 1856. They resided in W. 
until i860, when he removed to Hillsborough, where he 
is still actively engaged in practice, retaining much prac- 
tice in Washington. Children : — 

I. 

Fannie G., b. W., Oct. 2, 1856. 

II. 

Mabel, b. Hillsborough, June 24, 1861. 

iir. 

Carrie, b. Hillsborough, June 27, 1865 ; d. May 5, 1867. 

IV. 
Eva M., b. Hillsborough, Nov. 6, 1867. 

Y. 
John, b. Hillsborough, Jan. 18, 1881. 

FRIEND. 

Nathaniel Friend, son of Maj. Nathaniel Friend, was 
born in Stoddard, in 1802. He married Sophia Dow of 
Stoddard and resided in that town until 1839, when he 
removed to Washington. After the death of his wife he 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 439 

married Sarah D., dau. of Joseph Severance of Washing- 
ton, and resided some years at East Washington, on a farm 
just west of the school house, where the Gordon family 
once resided. In 1854 he returned to Stoddard, where he 
died, in i855. His children, all by his second wife, were : 

I. 
George C., b. W., Apr. 4, 1842; m. Lucinda M. Jefts, in 
1864, who d. Aug. 14, 1870. His second wife is Ella M. 
Winch, whom he married Nov. 19, 1871 ; res. first in Stod- 
dard, afterwards in Washington, and is now a resident of 
Marlow. Children : — 

(1st wife) 
(i) Jennie B., b. Stoddard, Sept. 26, 1866. 

(2iid wife) 
(2) Blanche L., b. Marlow, July 20, 1885. 

II. 
James K. P., b. W., Feb. 24, 1845 > learned the machin- 
ist's trade, and worked some years in Paterson, N. J. 
Later he was engaged in trade at East Washington, and 
is now a resident of Fitchburg, Mass. He m. Nancy W. 
Wellman, dau. of Nelson Wellman, Apr. 23, 1867. Child- 
ren : — * 

(i) Flora J., b. Paterson, N. J., June 10, 1868. 

(2) Charles N., b. Washington, May 31, 1878. 

III. 

Lucy, b. W., Feb. 24, 1845 ; m. Stacy, in 1867; 

res. in Stoddard. 

IV. 

William D., b. W., Sept. 26, 185 1 ; m. Emma Beard of 
Reading, Mass., Mar. 13, 1872; res. first in Reading, 
Mass., then in Stoddard, and is at present a res. of Wash- 
ington. Children : — 

(i) Gertie M., b. Reading, Mass., Nov. 11, 1873. 
(2) Grace M., b. " Nov. 11, 1873. 



440 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(3) Fred W., b. Stoddard, N. H., Sept. i8, 1875. 

(4) Angle E., b. W., Mar. 23, 1880. 

GAGE. 

In the year 1066, de Gaga, de Gauga, or de Gage accom- 
panied William the Conqueror from Normandy into Eng- 
land, and after aiding in the Conquest, was rewarded with 
large grants of land in the forest of Dean, in the county 
of Gloucester, near which forest he resided. He erected 
a seat in Clerenwell or Clarewell, and built a large man- 
sion in Chichester. He died in Chichester, and was bur- 
ied in the abbey in that place. His descendants resided 
in that vicinity many generations. 

In 1630 John Gage', of Stoneham, Suffolk Co., England, 
emigrated to Arherica, landing at Salem, Mass., June 12, 
1630. He seems to have first settled in Boston, where he 
was a member of the First Church, but in 1633 he became 
one of the first proprietors of Ipswich, Mass. He re- 
moved to Rowley, Mass., in 1664, where he died, in 1673. 
He had two wives, and according to one account, three. 
He had eight children, five of his sons being children of 
his first wife. (Anna) 

DanieP, second child of John and Anna Gage, married 
Sarah Kimball, May 3, 1675, and res. in Bradford, Mass. 

Daniel^ oldest child of Daniel and Sarah (Kimball) 
Gage, was born Mar. 12, 1676. He married Martha Bur- 
bank, Mar. 9, 1698, and resided in Bradford, Mass. 

DanieH, son of Daniel and Martha (Burbank) Gage, 
was born Apr. 22, 1708, and in manhood settled in Pel- 
ham, N. H. 

Pierce^, son of Daniel Gage-*, began married life in Pel- 
ham, and after the death of his first wife, married Eunice 
Eaton, and continued to reside in Pelham until 1789, when 
he removed to Wilton, where he died, July 14, 1821, aged 
80 years. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 44I 

Richard^ son of Pierce and Eunice (Eaton) Gage, was 
born in Pelham, June 25, 1784. He removed to Wilton 
with his parents, in 1789, and always resided in that town. 
Remarried Betsey Hutchinson of Wilton, Mar. 16, 1809, 
by whom he had nine children. He died July 16, 1854. 
His wife died April 29, 1863. Of their nine children, 
eight have at some period of life res. in Washington. 
Children : 

r. 

David, b. Wilton, Dec. 26, 1809; m. Sarah J, Russell, 
July 30, 1835 ; 3-"d in Sept. following was ordained as pas- 
tor of the Baptist church in East Washington, where he 
labored ten years. In 1845 he resigned his pastorate and 
removed to New Boston, where he preached about ten 
years. In 1855 he began his labors as State Missionary 
for the Baptist denomination, and preached in Marlow, 
Acworth, and Unity, residing in the meantime in Marlow 
and Acworth. In 1862, in addition to his missionary la- 
bor, he was appointed financial agent, and for many years 
traveled among the churches of the state, preaching and 
soliciting contributions for missionary work. Some years 
since, advancing age led to 'his resignation of his charge, 
and he has since supplied churches in Canaan, Jefferson, 
and Chester. He res. in Manchester, which has been his 
home for many years. Children : — 

(i) Freeman D., b. W., June 28, 1836; m. Mary J. 
Watson of Boston, Apr. 7, 1861 ; res. in Nashua. 

.(2) Thaddeus G., b. W., Dec. 18, 1837; d. Feb. 14, 
1838. 

(3) Isaac N., b. W., Sept. 28, 1840; d. Jacksonville, 
Fla., Feb. 10, 1868. 

(4) Sidney B., b. W., Jan. i, 1843 ; m. Flora E. Thom- 
nus in 1877; res. in Manchester. 

(5) Julian P., b. New Boston, Oct. 7, 1846; m. Alice 
A. Hill, June 20, 1876 ; res. in Manchester. 



442 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(6) George E., b. New Boston, Dec. 9, 1849; ^- Mar- 
tha A. Connor, Jan. 22, 1874; res. in Manchester. 

(7) Loren S., b. New Boston, Oct. 7, 185 1 ; d. Aug. 21, 

1853- 

(8) Herbert E., b. , May 18, 1856; m. Alma J. 

Wescott in 1883. 

ir. 

Samuel, b. Wilton, Sept. 6, 181 1 ; rem. to Washington 
in early life ; m. Eliza A., dau. of Moses Jones of W., in 
1836 ; was engaged in shoemakingand in the manufacture 
of factory supplies. He died in Washington, Apr. 21, 
185 I. His wife died Dec. 25, 1869. Children: — 

(i) Albert N., b. W., May 7, 1837; m. Elva Davis of 
Warner, in July, 1868 ; res. in Warner. Children : — 

1 Leon A., b. Washington, Oct. 20, 1869. 

2 Benning A., b. Warner, July 16, 1872. 

3 Jessie A., b. " Aug. 19, 1877. 

(2) Charles C, b. W., Feb. 16, 1839 ; was principally 
engaged in hotel business, and for several years prior to 
his death was the popular clerk of the Twin Mountain 
House, at the White Mountains. He was also at one time 
a clerk in the Surgeon General's office, at Washington, D. 
C. He died in Boston, Feb. 24, 1881. 

(3) Hiram ]., b. W., Aug. 30, 1844; m. Mina S. Kid- 
der, Jan. I, 1867. The most of his life has been spent in 
Washington, which is his present place of residence. 
When a small boy he entered the store of his uncle, Sol- 
omon E. Jones, as a clerk, and has always been engaged 
in mercantile pursuits. He is a prominent citizen and has 
often served as selectman. In 1883 and 1884 he repre- 
sented the town in the legislature. Children : — 

1 Eugene C, b. Boston, June 13, 1871. 

2 Minnie F., b. Washington, Sept. 27, 1873. 

(4) Rogers., b. W., Feb. 19, 185 1 ; m. Jennie A. Neas- 
kearn of Clayville, N. Y., Aug. 24, 1870; has been em- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 443 

ployed on railroad work, and at one time was in the em- 
ploy of the Navy Department, at Washington, D. C. He 
now res. in Warner, N. H. Children : — 

1 Frank S., b. Norwich, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1871. 

2 Frederick H., b. Clayville, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1873. 

3 Dora A., b. Ilion, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1875. 

4 Charles C, b. Clayville, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1878. 

5 Ellen M. D., b. Warner, N. H., Apr. 29, 188 1. 

6 Roger W., b. Warner, N. H., July 26, 1883. 

III. 

Pierce, b. Wilton, Sept. 4, 1813 ; always res. in Wilton. 

IV. 

Isaac N., b. Wilton, June 12, 1815 ; in 1836 he came to 
Washington, and was for a time, clerk in the store of 
Cooledge, Graves & Co., at East Washington. He mar- 
ried Lucy H., dau. of Dea. John Fisk, Dec. 26, 1837, and 
was afterward engaged in farming. He represented 
Washington in the legislature in 1864 and 1865. He died 
in Washington, May i, 1885. His wife died Feb. 19, 1868. 
Children : — 

'(i) Elizabeth Francelia, b. W., Mar. 19, 1839; m. 
Brooks K. Webber of Antrim, Dec. i, 1863; d. in Hills- 
borough, Nov. 18, 1870. Child: — 

I Ned D. Webber, b. in W., Jan. 19, 1865. 

(2)' Lucy A., b. W., Feb. 14, 1844; ro- Galen Allen, 
Apr. 20, 1867; res. in Red Wing, Minn. 

(3) George N., b. W., Nov. 27, 1851 ; m. Ella F. Brock- 
way, dau. of George Brockway of Hillsborough, Nov. 29, 
1883; res. in Washington. Child: — 

I Charles F., b. W., Sept. 10, 1884. 

V. 

Mary, b. Wilton, June i, 1817; m. Mason H. Carr of 
Washington, Apr. 18, 1843; res. in W. 



444 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

VI. 

Elvira, b. Wilton, July ii, 1819; m. Nathaniel G. Jones 
of Washington, June 7, 1843; res. in W. 

VII. 

Charles, b. Wilton, July 16, 1821 ; m. Sarah A. Lynde 
of Melrose, Mass., Aug. 13, 1843; res. in Washington a 
short time, but the most of his life, after marriage, was 
spent in Melrose, Mass., where he d., June 24, 1856. His 
widow res. in Melrose. Children : — 

(i) Charles E., b. Melrose, Mass., Oct. 26, 1844; res. 
in Melrose. 

(2) Sarah F., b. Melrose, Mass., Oct. 23, 1850; m. 
Jabez S. Dyer, Jan. 5, 1875 ; res. in Melrose, Mass. 

VIII. 

George W., b. Wilton, Sept. 7, 1823 ; m. Nancy E., dau. 
of Dea. Joseph Crane of W., Sept. 16, 1845 ; res. several 
years in Wilton, and then rem. to Washington, where he 
res. many years, engaged in the manufacture of lumber ; 
rem. to Medford, Mass., in 1885, where he now resides. 
Children : — 

(i) Josephine M., b. Wilton, Oct. 28, 1850; m. Charles 
E. Walker, Apr. 12, 1881 ; res. in Medford, Mass. 

(2) Nellie J., b. Washington, June 30, 1859; ""■• Oscar 
H. Wiley, Apr. 12, 1881 ; res. in Washington. 

IX. 

Sidney R., b. Wilton, Oct. 14, 1826; m. Augusta Bixby 
of Lyndeborough, Nov. 28, 1850. In 1855 he removed 
from Wilton to Wisconsin, where he res. four years. In 
1859 he removed from Wisconsin to Washington, N. H., 
where he res. until 1870. During his res. in W. he held 
the office of postmaster at East Washington, several years, 
and also served as selectman. In 1870 hQ settled in 
Nashua, where he still res. Children : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 445 

(i) Kitty A., b. Wilton, June 24, 1853 ; prepared for 
college at the high school at Nashua; graduated at Boston 
University in 1878; has been successfully engaged in 
teaching, and during the past two years (i 884-1886) has 
been engaged in post graduate study at Cornell Univer- 
sity, and Bryn Mavvr, Pa. 

(2) • Annie B., b. Washington, July 21, 1861 ; d. Aug. 
18, 1864. 

GAY. 

Abner Gay was a native of Dedham, Mass., and was 
born Sept. 7, 1773. He married Anna Warren of Wash- 
ington, and resided some years in Dedham. He removed 
to Washington prior to 18 15, and lived at the south part 
of the town, also at the village at the center of the town. 
After residing in Washington many years he removed to 
Acworth, where he died, in 1858. His wife also died in 
Acworth at the age of about 'seventy-five years. Child- 
ren : — 

I. 

Warren, b. Dedham, Mass.; res. unknown. 

II. 
Persis, b. Dedham, Mass.; resided in Acworth, N. H., 
where she d. in 1884. 

III. 
Hannah, b. Dedham, Mass. 

IV. 
John, b. Dedham, Mass.; res. in Somerset, Mass. 

V. 
Elizabeth, b. Dedham, Mass.; d. in Acworth, N. H. 

VI. 
Daniel, b. Dedham, Mass., in 1813 ; res. in Acworth, 
N. H., where he d. Dec. 9, 1884, aged 71 years. 

VII. 
Abner, b. Washington, N. H., Nov. 26, 181 5 ; m. Susan 



446 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 



A. Smith, June 17, 1839; res. in Providence, R. I., forty 
years; present res., Sunderland, Mass. ;has been engaged 
in mercantile pursuits, and is now engaged in insurance 
business. Children : — 

(i) Abner S., b. Providence, R. I., Apr. 17, 1840. 



(2) Charles P., b. 

(3) Frederick A., b. 

(4) James B., b. 

(5) Emma F., b. 

(6) Wm. H., b. 

Anna, b. W., 



Nancy, b. W., 
a small child. 

Julia, b. W., - 



Sarah, b. W., 
gan, Mich. 



Martha J., b. W., 
Woodbridge, Conn. 



Oct. 3, 1841. 

Mar. 28, 1844. 

Nov. 30, 1846. 

" " Apr. 22, 1850. 

Aug. 14, 1852. 

VIII. 

; res. in Boston. 

IX. 
- ; drowned in Ashuelot Pond when 



X. 



m. 



XI. 

m. — 



Clark ; res. in Wilton. 
— Davis ; res. in Muske- 



XII. 



m. 



Ailing ; res. in 



GLEASON. 

Jerry Gleason was born in Marlborough, Mass., June 3, 
1796. Before coming to Washington, he resided in Ac- 
worth, and removed from that town to Washington in 
1822. He married Ruth, widow of Jonathan Shedd, in 
Mar., 1822, and resided at the south part of the town, in 
the same neic:hborhood where he now resides. Children : — 



Silas P., b. W., Nov., 1824; m. Julia A., dau. of Timo- 
thy Barney of W., Sept. 7, 1854. She died Nov. 6, 1856. 
He still res. in Washington. Child : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 44/ 

(i) Arthur, b. W., Aug. 5, 1855 ; resides in Manches- 
ter. 

II. 

Martha E., b. W., Feb. 18, 1828; m. Joshua Philbrick, 
Oct. 18, 1858. 

GOODWIN. 

Jasper T. Goodwin was born in Dartmouth, Mass., Apr. 
22, 1849. H^s father, Rev. Joshua Goodwin, died when 
he was two years of age, and his mother, who was a dau. 
of Stephen Mead, Jr., removed to Washington to reside, 
soon after her husband's death. 

He worked on a farm until the age of fifteen, when he 
entered the employ of Ezra P. Howard, in his card-board 
manufactory. He improved all opportunities to gather 
knowledge, and, at the age of twenty years, in the face of 
many obstacles, he resolved, if possible, to obtain a liberal 
education. He prepared for college, at Tilton, N. H., and 
in 1872 entered Columbia College, from which he gradu- 
ated in 1876, receiving the degree of A. B. Almost im- 
mediately after his graduation he was appointed assistant 
in mathematics in Columbia College, and was afterward 
appointed instructor. He began the study of law soon 
after his graduation, attending lectures in the school of 
law connected with Columbia College. He was admitted 
to the New York bar, as an attorney, in 1878, and in 1879 
was admitted as a counsellor. He is at present engaged 
in the practice of law, in New York City, and also retains 
the position of instructor in mathematics, in Columbia Col. 
lege. He has paid much attention to athletic sports, and 
as an oarsman, has few if any equals in this country. He 
has won a more than national reputation, by his achieve- 
ments in connection with the Columbia College boat crew. 

He went to England in 1878, as stroke and captain of 
the crew, and, in well contested races at Henley, with the 



448 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

best crews which Oxford and Cambridge could produce, 
won the only race which had ever been won by an Amer- 
ican crew on English waters. 

He was married to Carrie L., dau. of James L. Green- 
leaf of Washington, Sept. 20, 1876. Child ; — 

I. 

Ethel L., b. Apr. 2, 1883. 

Valentia H. Goodwin, son of Rev. Joshua Goodwin, was 
born in Plymouth, Mass., Oct. 19, 1845. He was a soldier 
three years, during the Rebellion. He married Flora Hoyt 
of Kittery Point, Me., and now resides in Gloucester, Mass. 

Cynthia C. Goodwin, dau. of Rev. Joshua Goodwin, was 
born in Dartmouth, Mass., Oct. 21, 1847. She married 
Elbridge Bradford, Jr., of Washington, and resides in 
Chippewa Falls, Wis. 

Emma L. Goodwin, youngest child of Rev. Joshua Good- 
win, was born in Mansfield, Mass., Mar. 9, 185 1. She 
married Albert L. F. Ball of Washington. She now re- 
sides in South Lancaster, Mass. 

GORDOK 

The Gordons are of Scotch descent. About the year 
1745, John Gordon' came to America, being at that time 
about eighteen years of age. He married Mary Camp- 
bell, Oct. 28, 1762, according to the records of Shirley, 
Mass., where he resided. His son, NathanieP, born in 
Shirley, Mass., about the year 1767 or 1768, removed with 
his parents to Bedford, N. H., when a small child. He 
married Mille Rand in 1793, and in 1795 removed to the 
west part of Washington. After residing there about a 
year, he removed to East Washington and settled near 
the school house, on a farm which he purchased of Daniel 
Severance. He resided there the remainder of his life, 
and in 1825, the year before his death, he and his son, 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 449 

Alfred, erected the brick house, which was destroyed by- 
fire a few years since. He died Jan. 24, 1826, aged 58 
years. His wife died Dec. 9, 1833, aged 70 years. Capt. 
Gordon, as he was generally called, was a man respected 
by all who knew him. He was one of the original mem- 
bers of the Baptist church in East Washington. Child- 
ren : — 

I. 
Alfred, b. in Bedford, N. H., Nov. 4, 1794; came to W. 
with his parents, in infancy ; m. Mary D., dau. of Moses 
Jones, Mar. 24, 1824. They resided some years after 
marriage in W., where he was very prominent in town 
affairs, serving as representative in the legislature four 
years, and four years as a member of the board of select- 
men. For many years he was a very successful school 
master, ranking with the best. He was a man of decided 
character, and exerted a powerful influence for good. 
During the War of 18 12, he was a short time in the U. S. 
service. He removed to Illinois in 1836, and died at 
Griggsville, in that state, Dec. 17, 1880. His wife died in 
Griggsville, III, Apr. 24, 1867. Children: — 

(i) Alfred A., b. W., Dec. 20, 1824; d. Griggsville, 
III, Aug. 12, 1841. 

(2) Nathaniel H., b. W., Sept., 1826; d. Griggsville, 
III, Feb. 21, 1874. 

(3) Moses J., b. W., Jan., 1828; d. Washington, Mar. 
4, 1830. 

(4) Mary A., b. W., Nov. 14, 1829; d. Griggsville, III, 
Sept. 18, 1840. 

(5) George W., b. W., ; m. Ellen Smith in 

1857, and res. many years in Griggsville, 111. He now re- 
sides near Los Angeles, Cal 

II. 
Sarah, b. Washington, Dec. 26, 1796; m, Enos Reed 
of E. Cambridge, Mass.; d. May 5, 1881. 



450 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

iir. 

Nancy, b. \V., Apr. 5, 1799; m. Robert Walker of Bed- 
ford, N. H., Feb. 8, 1826. He d. in 1839, and she was 
married to Roswell Grosvenor, Sept. 8, 1841. He died 
in 1865, and his widow at present resides at Urbana, 111. 

IV. 
Mary, b. W., Dec. 9, 1801 ; m. John Nichols of Clare- 
mont, N. H., Mar. 17, 1824. She d. Oct., 1875. 

V. 
Nathaniel, Jun., b. W., Apr. 13, 1804; d. Oct. 8, 1805. 

VI. 

Emily, b. W., Sept. 5, 1806; m. Prentiss of Bil- 

lerica, Mass., Apr. 16, 1829. She d. Jan., 1844. 

GOVE. 

David Gove was born in Weare, June 10, 1793. He 
married Irene Arlin of Concord, in 1816, and settled in 
his native town. After a few years he removed to Hen- 
niker, and thence to Washington in 1843. He settled in 
Cherry Valley, and built a mill there. In 1859 ^^ ^^^^ 
Washington and went to the West. He died in W^iscon- 
sin, March 7, 1882. Children: — 

I. 

James A., b. Weare, Dec. 23, 18 16. 

II. 

Imri, b. Weare, Sept. 3, 181 8; m. Cornelia Trussell, of 

Sutton, Vt., June 2, 1853 ; res. in Henniker until 1858, 

jJL/" 1; when he came to W., where he res. some years, and then 

^^ returned to Henniker, where he now resides. Children : — 

(i) Ella A., b, Henniker, Aug. 23, 1854. 

(2) Elvira, b. Henniker, May 10, 1856. 

(3) Mary S., b. Henniker, June 8, 1857; m. George 
W. Crane of W., in 1881 ; res. in W. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 



(4) Chas. W., b. Washington, Dec. 24, 1859.' %J^^.^f<A. 



(5) Sarah A., b. Washington, Apr. 9, 1864; m. Frank 
Bennett, Feb. 20, 1884, and res. in Hillsborough. 

III. 

Elijah D., b. Weare, Dec. 20, 1820. 

IV. 
Enoch P., b. H'enniker, Jan. 19, 1823 ; m. Lucy A., dau. 
of Joseph Cram, Nov., 1855 ; res. in Unity. 

V. 
Johnson, b. Henniker, Dec. 11, 1824, 

VI. 
Edmund, b. Henniker, Dec. 30, 1826; d. in Wisconsin. 

VII. 
Mary, b. Henniker, March 5, 1829; d. in Washington. 

VIII. 
George A., b. Henniker, March 29, 1833. 

IX. 
.Sarah C, b. Henniker, June 7, 1835 ; m. Phil- 
brick ; d. in Washington. 

Samuel Gove, son of Samuel Gove, was born in Hen- 
niker, July 24, 181 3. He married Harriet, dau. of Joseph 
Newman of Washington, Dec. 15, 1842. They res. first 
in Deering, but rem. to Washington and settled on the- 
farm where Joseph Newman previously resided. They 
continued to reside in Washington until 1876, when they 
went to Antrim, where they still reside. Children : — 

I. 

James N., b. Deering, Jan. i, 1844; m. Abbie S. Wil- 
son of Antrim, Oct. 11, 1877; res. in Antrim. 

II. 

George F., b. Deering, Apr. 27, 1854; m. Delia B., dau. 
of Henry Merrill, Apr. 27, 1876; res. in Deering, 






452 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

GRAVES. 

Jonathan Graves and Esther Parry were married in 
Sudbury, Mass., Oct. 17, 1750. They had seven child- 
ren, four sons and three daughters. Two of the sons, 
William and Thaddeus, found their way to Washington, 
where they died. 

William Graves, son of Jonathan and Esther Graves, was 
born in Sudbury, Mass., March 24, 1757; married Lucy 
Wheeler of Carlisle, Mass., and prior to the year 1780, 
removed to Washington and settled at the west part of 
the town. After residing there several years, he removed 
to East Washington, and lived in a log house which stood 
in the field just west of Mason H. Carr's mill pond. He 
afterward removed to the spot near by,'where John Sever- 
ance afterward resided many years. He was a soldier 
during the Revolution, and participated in the battle of 
Bunker Hill. At the time of his settlement in Washing- 
ton, the region was almost a wilderness, and he used to 
entertain his grandchildren with stories of encounters 
with bears and other wild animals. He, at one time, res- 
cued his hog from a huge bear which had gained an en- 
trance to the pen. He is said to have been "a genial, 
quiet man, always familiar with every one, and every 
one's friend." He was generally spoken of as Dea. 
Graves, but it does not appear that he ever held that of- 
fice in the church. 

He died in W., Dec. 10, 1841. His wife died March 
25, 1841. Children: — 

I. 

Lucy, b. W., Aug. 5, 1780; m. Frederick Locke of 
Charlestown, N. H., July 15, 1805 ; res. in Charlestown ; 
d. July 21, 1859. 

II. 

Mary, b. W., Sept. 16, 1782; m. Edmund Davis, Jan. 5, 
1803; res. principally in W., where she died Apr. 4. 1875. 



I 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 453 

III. 

Catharine, b. W., Sept. 29, 1784; m. Moses Jones of 
Hillsborough, Feb. 9, 1802 ; res. in Hillsborough and W. ; 
d. in W., Jan. 21, 1865. 

IV. 

William, b. W., Oct. 26, 1786; m. Sarah Corey of Bos- 
ton, in 1 8 14 or 18 15. His active life was spent in Boston, 
where he was extensively engaged in the flour trade. 
His business talent was understood to be of the first or- 
der, and at different times he was a director in eleven dif- 
ferent banks. The last years of his life were spent on 
the old homestead at East Washington, where he was 
born. He died June 26, 1859. ^is wife died Dec. 7, 
1857. Children : — 

(i) William E., b. Boston, Dec. 19, 18 16; educated at 
Brown University, and afterward had charge of the 
Boylston Asylum, an institution for boys, under the control 
of the city of Boston. While under his management the 
school was visited by Charles Dickens, in 1842, who was 
so much pleased with its appearance that he addressed a 
note to Mr. Graves, complimenting him for his excellent 
management. 

He was thirteen years a teacher in Somerville, Mass., 
and afterward Superintendent of schools there. He was 
thirteen years one of the editors and proprietors of the 
"American Union," a paper published in Boston. He 
has written many historical works and was the author of 
"A Trip to the Azores." He m. Catharine Willey, Nov. 
2, 1838. After his wife's death he married Josephine A. 
Dana. His res. is in Boston. Children : — 

(1st wife) 

1 Wm. H. H., b. Boston, August 4, 1839. 

2 Frederick E., b. Somerville, Mass., May 2/, 1842. 

(2nd wife) 

3 Marie A., b. . 



454 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(2) Thomas R., b. Boston, Aug., 1820; m. Jane E. 
Pike, Nov., 1846 ; resided in W., where he was engaged in 
trade. Children : — 

1 Ellen M., b. W., Oct. 5, 1847 ; m. Charles Gallond, 
of Amherst, Mass., Aug. 28, 1876. 

2 Lizzie J., b. W., June 15, 1857 ; d. Dec. 3, 1863. 

(3) Howard M., b. Boston, 1827; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y. 

V. 
Betsey, b. W., Jan. i, 1789; m. Timothy Gray, Jr., of 
Hillsborough, Nov. 16, 1807. 

VI. 
Sarah, b. W., May i, 1791 ; m. Warren Spaulding, in 
1811 ; res. in Bradford and Hillsborough; d. in Hillsbor- 
ough, Aug. 1 1, 1876. 

VII. 
Esther, b. W., Apr. i, 1793 ; m. Ebenezer Spaulding, 
Mar. 6, 1814; res. in Bradford and Sutton; d. in Sutton, 
Apr. 2, 1 88 1. 

VIII. 
Almira, b. W., May 27, 1795 ; m. John Woodward in 
1 8 14; d. in W., June, 1840. 

IX. 
Abigail, b. W., May 4, 1798 ; m. Nathan Pierce, June i, 
1831 ; res. in Sutton, and afterwards in Bradford, where 
she d., June 22, 1881. 

X. 

Hannah, b. W., , 1800; m. Thomas Peaslee in 

1818; d. , Feb. 25, 1852. 

XI. 
Cynthia, b. W., about 1803; d. Jan. 27, 1826, in the 
twenty-third year of her age. 

XII. 
Alvira ]., b. W., Sept. 10, 1805 ; m. William Stuart ; d. 
in Bradford, June 6, 1873. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 455 

Thaddeus Graves, son of Jonathan and Esther Graves, 
and brother of Dea. William Graves, was born in Sudbury, 
Mass., May 19, 1762. He came to Washington, and was 
married to Mary Mann of W., Jan. 19, 1786. After his 
marriage he removed to Topshaim, Vt., where he res. a 
short time, and returned to Washington, where the re- 
mainder of his life was spent. He resided at the east part 
of W., on a farm which is now deserted, situated on the 
old mountain road, a short distance west of the place where 
Elijah Foster resided. He afterward removed to East 
Washington village, where he died. Sept 13, 1844. His 
wife died Apr. 29, 1839, aged Jj yrs. Children: — 

I. 

Nancy, b. , 1786; m. Joseph Monroe of Jaffrey, 

in 1806; d. , 1855. 

II. 
Catharine, b. Topsham, Vt., Aug. 24, 1788 ; m. Peter Far- 
well, a native of Fitchburg, Mass., Apr., 1814; res. in 
Peterborough, N. H., and Waltham, Mass.; d. in Waltham, 
in 1876. 

III. 

Jane, b. (place and date of birth unknown); m. 

Clark ; d. in Jasper, Stuben Co., N. Y., in i860. 

IV. 

Mary, b. ; m. Nicholas Fowler of Hopkinton, 

Apr. 23, 1809. Her second marriage was to — — Stratton. 

V. 
Betsey, b. Washington, Apr. 10, 1796; m. Isaac Morse 
of Worcester, Mass., in 1826; d. in Worcester, Apr. 9, 
1871. 

VI. 

Martha, b. W., . 

VII. 
Thaddeus, Jr., b. W., Dec. 14, 1798; m. Ann F. Locke 



456 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

of Charlestown, N. H., May 9, 1833. They spent the 
most of their married life in W., and there all their child- 
ren were born. He was noted for his piety, and for many 
excellencies of character. He died in W., Mar. 20, 1848. 
His widow afterward 'married Philbrick Curtice, and re- 
sided in Danbury and Washington. Children : — 

(i) Caroline G., b. W., May 11, 1834; m. Lorenzo L. 
Belcher, Mar. 6, 1854; res. in South Weymouth, Mass. 

(2) Charles W., b. W., Nov. 22, 1835 ; m. Jerusha T. 
Arnold, Oct. 15, 1863; res. in North Weymouth, Mass., 
and is engaged in the manufacture of shoes. Children : — 

1 Lottie F., b. Weymouth, Mass., Nov. 10, 1872. 

2 Clara F., b. " " Nov. 30, 1874. 

(3) Thaddeus M., b. W., Aug. 14, 1838; m. Almira 
Belcher ; res. at South Weymouth, Mass. 

(4) Mary A., b. W., July i, 1840; d. in Nashua, Sept. 
23, 1861. 

(5) William H., b. W., Feb. 3, 1842 ; m. Mary F. Trow 
of Nashua, Feb. 20, 1865 ; since marriage has res. in Wal- 
tham, Mass., where he has occupied important positions in 
the shops of the American Watch Company. During the 
Rebellion he served three years in the 9th N. H. regiment. 
Children : — 

1 Frederick W., b. Waltham, Mass., May 19, 1872. 

2 Edith M., b. " " Oct. 25, 1883. 

(6) Martha J., b. W., Mar. 22, 1847; m. Henry O. 
Lund, Aug. 8, 1864. Their present res. is in Bridgeport, 
Conn. 

VIII. 

Asenath, b. W., Sept. 2, 1800; m. Nathaniel G. Jones 
of W., Dec. 21, 1826 ; res. principally in W., where she d. 
Feb. 9, 1843. 

IX. 

William, b. W., May 31, 1802; m. Mary E., dau. of Ed- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 457 

mund Davis of W., May 22, 1844 ; res. in W.; d. Sept. 19, 
1856. Children: — 

(1) Abby S., b. W., Feb. 19, 1845 ; d. July 20, 1866. 

(2) Mary J., b. W., Dec. 3, 1846 ; m. Bernard Magiiire, 
Apr, 19, 1868; res. in Franklin, Mass. 

(3) William H., b. W., Aug. 6, 1849; m. Jennie S. 
Fisk, Dec. 25, 1874; res. in Boston, where he is employed 
as a machinist in the shops of the Boston and Providence 
railroad. Children : — 

1 William H., b. Boston, Dec. 12, 1875. 

2 Edith J., b. " Aug. 24, 1882. 

3 Julius S., b. " Oct. 23, 1883. 

(4) Kate S., b. W., Feb. 9, 185 1; m. Royal Cheney, 
Dec. 8, 1872; res. in W. 

(5) Eliza A., b. W., May 31, 1856; d. Sept. 3, 1856. 

X. 
Moses J., b.. W., in 1803 ; d. in Worcester, Mass., Feb. 
4, 1863, aged 59 yrs. 10 mos. 

GREENLEAF. 

The ancestors of the Greenleaf family are as follows, 
their places of residence being, for the most part, un- 
known : 

Edmund', b. 1600; d. 1671. 
Stephen-, b. 1630; d. 1690, 
Edmund^, b. May 10, 1667; d. 1740. 
William-*, b. Nov. 28, 1725; d. Jan., 1800. 
Daniel^, b. 1746; res. in Haverhill, Mass. ; d. June 10, 
1794. 

DanieP, b. in Haverhill, Mass., May 5, 1780; m. Eliza- 
beth W. Gale, and res. in Hebron, Concord and Washing- 
ton, N. H. ; settling in Washington between the years 
181 8 and 1820. He was a merchant, and traded at the 
centre of the town. He built the brick store now occu- 



4S8 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

pied by Benjamin F. Muzzey. He died Apr. 23, 1854. 
His wife died June 8, 1847, aged 61 years. Children : — 

I. 

Wm. P., b. Hebron, N. H. ; d. in infancy. 

II. 

Wm. P., b. Hebron, Aug. 16, 1806 ; m. Sara H., daii. of 
Abijah Monroe of W., Feb. 12, 1836; res. in W., where 
he was at one time engaged in trade. He built the store 
at East Washington, where Solomon E. Jones afterward 
traded many years. His wife d. Jan. 25, 1879. Child- 
ren : — 

([) Wm. A., b. W., Dec. 5, 1837. 

(2) Sara A., b. W., Nov. 12, 1840; m. Benj. F. Muz- 
zey, Sept. 3, 1865 ; res. in W. 

(3) John M., b. W., Dec. i, 1842; res. in Albuquer- 
que, New Mexico, at last accounts. 

(4) Albert G., b. W., Feb. 14, 1847; m. Hannah L., 
dau. of Greeley Putney of W. ; res. in W. Children : — 

1 Minnie M., b. W., June 16, 1871. 

2 Nellie M., b. W., May 26, 1875. 

^5) Mary A., b. W., Feb. 21, 1852 ; d. Feb. 16, 1864. 
(6) Edward E., b. W., Oct. 2y, 1855 ; m. Mattie 
Coombs, June 8, 1884; res. in Albuquerque, N, M. 

III. 

Mary G., b. Concord, N. H., Mar. 15, 1807; d. Apr. 22, 
1830. 

IV. 

Daniel G., b. Concord, Sept. 14, 1808 ; m. Rebecca P. 
; res. in Lowell, Mass. Child : — 

(i) Maria E., b. Aug. 28, 1836. 

V. 

Oliver P., b. Concord, Nov. 10, 1810; m. Mary J., dau. 
of Capt. Charles French of W., Dec. 20, 1835 ; res. in 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 459 

W., where he was engaged in trade ; afterward was in the 
hotel business, in Hillsborough, where he resided at the 
time of his death. 

VI. 

Chas. H., b. Concord, May 7, 1812; m. Mrs. Elizabeth 
Piatt; res. in Lempster ; d. in W., May 20, 1886. 

VII. 

James L., b. Concord, Oct. 3, 181 5 ; m. Caroline R. 
Farr, P'eb. 5. 1845. He was a card clothier by trade, and 
found employment in the large cotton mills of Mass., but 
during most of their married life, their home was in 
Washington, where his wife died, July 12, 1879. His 
death occurred at Lowell, Mass., Dec. 25, 1880. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Charles W., b. Salmon Falls, N. H., April 9, 1849- 

(2) Frank E., b. W., Mar. 11, 185 1 ; was educated in 
the public schools and Tubbs Union Academy, and sub- 
sequently by private instruction ; was engaged for a time 
in mercantile pursuits ; afterward studied medicine with 
Dr. Geo. Cook, at Concord, and attended lectures at the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons, in New York City, 
where he received the degree of M. D., in 1882. He was 
employed in the New York Hospital after his graduation, 
but impaired health compelled his resignation. For the 
benefit of his health he went to Mexico, and served a 
year and a half as physician to the St. Helena Gold Min- 
ing Co., in Sonora. After his return from Mexico, he 
spent a year in New York, in special study, and is now 
engaged in the practice of his profession, in New York 
City. 

(3) Carrie L., b. W., Jan. 25, 1855 ; m. Jasper T. Good- 
win, Sept. 20, 1876; res. in New York City. 

VIII. 

Charlotte G., b. Concord. 



460 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

IX. 

Elizabeth, b. Concord, Sept. 21, 18 18; res. in New 
York City. 

X. 

George W., b. W., Apr. 22, 1820 ; m. Mary J. , 

Aug., 1846; res., before marriage, in Utica, N. Y. ; after- 
ward settled at Paducah, Ky., where he married, and 
where the remainder of his life was spent. 

XI. 

Henry, b. W., Mar. 6, 1822 ; married, and res. in Mat- 
field Green, Kansas. 

GRISWOLD. 

John F. Griswold was the son of Theophilus and Eliza- 
beth (Talcott) Griswold, who came from Bolton, Conn., 
and settled in Greenfield, Mass., where the remainder of 
their lives were spent. He died in 1821, and his wife in 

1843. 

John F. Griswold was born in Greenfield, Mass., Apr. 
14, 1796. He graduated at Yale College in 1821, and at 
Andover, Mass., in 1824, and was afterward a successful 
preacher and pastor. He settled in Washington as pastor 
of the Congregational church, in 1844, where he remained 
until 1866, his pastorate being the longest in the history 
of that church. He was three times married, first to 
Catharine Gillett of South Hadley, Mass., secondly to 
Mary Stevens of Claremont, N H., and thirdly to Sophia 
C. Miller of Newfane, Vt., the date of the third marriage 
being May 21, 1837. He removed from W. to Bernards- 
ton, Mass., in 1866, where he afterward resided. He d. 
Feb. 15, 1872. His wife d. Dec. 10, 1881. Their only 
child is : — 

I. 

Mary S., b. Fayetteville, Vt., March 30, 1839, m. Dan- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 461 

iel G. Wild, Dec. 24, 1862 ; res. in Brooklyn, N. Y. They 
have one child : — 

(i) Frank G. Wild, b. Washington, Jan. 10, 1865. 



GUILD. 

Samuel Guild was an inhabitant of Washington as early 
as 1780. It is probable that he came from Roxbury, 
Mass., as his son Joseph was born there two years previ- 
ously. He appears to have been a man of some influ- 
ence, and held the office of town clerk and selectman. 
Children : — 

I. 
Benjamin, b. Roxbury, Mass., Dec. 14, 1773. 

II. 
Sally, b. Newton, Mass., July 31, 1775 ; m. Daniel W^ 
Warner of Langdon, Feb. 10, 1800. 

III. 
Joseph, b. Roxbury, Mass., Oct. 6, 1778. 

HALL. 

Richard Hall' was a resident of Bradford, Mass., in 
1673, where he was an influential citizen. 

John% son of Richard Hall, was born in Bradford, 
Mass., March 22, 1673. He married Mary Kimball in 
1704, and res. in Salem, N. H. He died Nov. 12, 1763. 

John ]r.\ son of John and Mary (Kimball) Hall, was 
born in Salem, N. H., Sept. 27, 17 10. He m. Sarah 
Kimball, and died May 3, 1789. 

Ebenezer'', son of John and Sarah (Kimball) Hall, was 
a res. of Dracut, Mass., and afterward of Pelham, N. H. ' 

Samuel^, son of Ebenezer Hall, was born in Pelham in 
1767. He m. Mary McAdams, a native of Windham, in 
1 791, and settled in Antrim. He afterward rem. to 
Washing^ton. Children : — 



462 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

• 

I. 

Betsey, b. Sept. 27, 1792 ; m. Wm. Stewart ; res. in W., 
where she died, Aug. 28, 1828. 

11. 
Mary, b. July 17, 1795 ; m. Joseph Snow, Sept., 1824; 
d. in W., Jan. i, 1875. 

III. 
Sarah, b. Sept. 15, 1797; m. Samuel Clyde, in 1823. 
After her husband's death, she married Ward Ware of 
Hancock. 

IV. 
Samuel, b. Feb. 11, 1800; m. Mary Davis in 1827 (?) ; 
d. Apr. 18, 1828. 

V. 
Ebenezer, b. Antrim, Apr. 7, 1802; m. Abigail D. 
Pitcher of Stoddard, Oct. 15, 1835. He had settled in 
W. on the "Kidder Place" in 1824. After res. in W. 
some years he removed to Stoddard. He d. July 22, 
1879. His wife d. Sept. 13, 1873. Children: — 

(i) Edwin L., b. W., July 21, 1836; m. Helen M. 
Walker, June i, 1859; ^^s. in Unity. Children: — 

1 Estelkj L., born Feb. 28, 1862; d. Nov. 28, 1870. 

2 Abbie E., b. June 15, 1865. 

3 Carl A., b. Jan. 4, 1883. 

(2) Wm. W., b. W., May 8, 1838; m. Celia M. Way, 
Dec. 5, 1865. She d. in W., June 29, 1869, and he was 
married to Clara J. Jaquith of W., May 8, 1871 ; res. in 
Unity. Child :— 

I Willie W., b. Sept. 23, 1867. 

(3) Samuel F., b. W., Feb. 12, 1841 ; res. in Unity. 

(4) Josiah F., b. Stoddard, June 6, 1844; m. Alme- 
dia E. Goings, in 1862; res. in Newbury; d. Nov, 12. 
1864. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 463 

YI. 

Daniel, b. March 23, 1804; d. Sept. 28, 1826. 

VII. 
Susan, b. Nov. 24, 1807; d. Feb. 27, 1827. 

VIII. 
Jane, b. Dec. 30, 1809; d. Aug, 19, 1830. 

IX. 
Sabrina, b. May 12, 18 12. 

. HARNDEN. 

The Harnden family, in this country, is believed to have 
originated with three brothers, John, Joshua and Benjamin 
Harnden. The Harndens of Washington and vicinity, are 
descendants of John' and Ruth (Pierce) Harnden, who 
were the parents of eleven children. 

Augustus^, third child of John and Ruth Harnden, was 
born in Wilmington, Mass., Mar. 5, 1775. He married 
Polly Pratt of Reading, Mass., May 7, 1798, and resided 
in Wilmington and other towns in Mass. Prior to 18 10, 
he left Mass., and settled in Stoddard, N. H., where he 
resided until 1830-1832, when he came to Washington, 
and lived on the Stoddard road, two miles from the center 
of the town, on a farm which was afterward owned by the 
town. He died in Washington, Feb. 16, 1850. His wife 
died June 13, 1863, aged 83 yrs. Children: — 

I. 

William, b. Wilmington, Mass., Oct. 11, 1799; m. Eliza- 
beth Wilson of Stoddard, N. H., in Mar., 1823; resided 
many years in Stoddard, but subsequently removed to 
Hillsborough, where his wife d., Oct. 10, 1869. The last 
years of his life were spent with his daughter in W^ashing- 
ton, where he died, June 3, 1880. Children: — 

(i) William ]., b. Stoddard, Jan. 7, 1828 ; m. Clara N. 
Brown of Rye, P'eb. 2, 1850; d. in Detroit, Mich., Nov. 
12, 1862. 



464 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(2) Susan C, b. Stoddard, Dec. 13, 1834; m. Gilman 
G. Spaulding, Nov. 21, i860; res. in W. 

(3) Charles A., b. Stoddard, July 4, 1840; educated at 
Tubbs Union Academy, and Henniker Academy ; studied 
law, and practiced principally in Hillsborough ; was a 
lieutenant in the 9th N. H., reg't, during the Rebellion, 
and was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg. He 
married Anna M., dau. of Wells Forbes, formerly of Hill, 
N. H.,,Apr. 20, 1872. He died in Hillsborough, Apr. 14, 

1873. 

II. 

Mary, b. Wilmington, Mass., ; m. Jacob Taylor, 

June 24, 1827; resided in Stoddard many years, but now 
resides in Weare. 

III. 

Sylvester, b. Wilmington, Mass., Oct. 17, 1804; m. 
Mary E. Sherman, of Reading, Mass., Oct. 21, 1829; res. 
in Reading, Mass., and was largely engaged in the manu- 
facture of furniture. He d. in Reading, May 19, 1873. 
Children : — 

(i) Mary F., b. Reading, Mass., Aug. 15, 1833. 

(2) Frederick, b. " " Aug. 15, 1836. 

(3) William H., b. " " Nov. 22, 1838 ; d. Oct. 
10, 1863. 

(4) Caroline E., b. Reading, Mass., Nov. 5, 1841 ; m. 
Carroll D. Wright, Jan. i, 1867. 

(5) Sophia P., b. Reading, Mass., June 26, 1844. 

(6) Cornelia W., b. " " June 28, 1848; d. 
June 25, 185 1. 

(7) Catharine M., b. Reading, Mass., June 28, 1848; 
d. Dec. 19, 1863. 

(8) Edward A., b. Reading, Mass., Aug. 21, 1856. 

IV. 
Irene F., b. Middleton, Mass., about 1806; d. in W. 
Mar. II, 1834. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 465 

V. 

Ruth P., b. Lynnfield, Mass. ; res. many years in Roch- 
ester, N. Y., where she was a successful teacher. 

VI. 
Abby R, b. Stoddard ; m. Mark Manahan. 

VII. 
Timothy P., b. Stoddard, about 1812; m. Harriet B., 
dau. of Daniel Millen of W., Sept. 6, 1840; d. Mar. 4, 
1843, aged 31 yrs. Child : — 

(i) George, b. Jan., 1842 ; d. Apr. 25, 1844. 

VIII. 
Susan A., b. Stoddard ; m. Alfred M. Badger, Oct. 22, 
1837 ; res. in Rochester, N. Y., where she died. 

IX. 
Nancy M., b. Stoddard ; m. Persons B. Richardson, May 
19, 1839. She res. in Reading, Mass. 

X. 
Jerome, b. Stoddard, Jan. 26, 1819; m. Mrs. Harriet B. 
Harnden, widow of bis brother, Timothy P. Harnden, Feb. 
8, 1849; res. at East Washington, and also at Reading, 
Mass. He was a highly respected citizen. He d. in W., 
Oct. II, 1858. His wife d. May 4, 1868. Child:— 

(i) Mary Abby, b. W., Nov. 21, 1849; res. in Weare. 

HARRIMAK 

It is supposed that Moses Harriman came to Washing- 
ton from Roxbury, Mass. He was a Revolutionary sol- 
dier, and held the rank of Major, and was generally known 

as "Major Harriman." His wife, Mary , died Aug. 

15, 1824, and he was married to Mary White, Nov. 14, 
1826. She is supposed to have been a native of Troy, 
N. Y. Maj. Harriman lived many years near East Wash- 
ington, on the farm now owned by Jonathan Severance, 



466 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

but, at the time of his death, res. near the center of the 
town. He died Aug. 5, 1832, and his widow married 
James Ayer, and lived and died near East Washington. 
His only child was by his first wife : — 

I. 
Dea. Henry Harriman, son of Moses and Mary Harri- 
man, resided many years in Washington, and was noted 
for his piety and pure religious life. He married Rebecca 
Brackett, who died in Oct., 1833, aged 42 years. Dea. 
Harriman died in W., Mar. 17, 1842, aged 51 years. 
Children : — 

(i) Mary, d. Mar. 2, 1823, aged 4 years. 
(2) Martha, d. Aug, 10, 1825, aged 5 years, 

HARRIS, 

Dr. David Harris was born Apr. 14, 1752. The place 
of his birth is not certainly known, but there is very little 
doubt that he was born in Hardwick, Mass. He was the 
son of John and Deborah Harris (John Harris, b. May 6, 
1726), and grandson of Nicholas and Hannah Harris 
(Nicholas Harris, b. Oct. 10, 1696), He was one of the 
early settlers in Washington, but not the earliest. He 
held office in W, as early as 1782, and was the first prac- 
ticing physician to reside in town. He married Rebecca 
Woods, and resided in the field just east of the Griswold 
house, at the center of the town. After practicing in 
Washington many years, he removed to Newport, where 
he died, May 10, 1830. His wife died Feb. 20, 1831, aged 
80 years. Children : — 

I. 

Freelove, b. Jan. 7, 1776 ; d. Feb. 10, 1776. 

II. 
David, Jr., b. Feb. i, 1778 ; m. Hannah Cutts of Goshen, 
in 1801 ; d. in Goshen in 1845. Children: — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 467 

(i) Wilder, b. Dec. 27, 1802; m. Betsey Cutts ; d. in 
1870. 

(2) Otis, b. Apr. i, 1805; m. Mary Grinnell ; d. in 
i860. 

(3) Melvin, b. Apr. 30, 1807; m. Polly Cutler, Mar. 15, 
183 1 ; d. in 1876. 

(4) Diantha, b. Dec. 7, 1809; m. Peabody Brown, in 
1836; d. Feb. 12, 1842. 

(5) Emeline, b. July 12, 1812; m. Orange Whitney, 
Nov. 12, 1835 ; res. in Newport. 

(6) Orland, b. Jan. 2, 181 5 ; m. Abigail Dame, in 1836; 
d. Mar. 10, 1843. 

(7) Euramia, b. Aug. 31, 1819; m. Lyman Brockway. 

III. 

William W., b. Apr. 10, 1780; married and had children : 

(1) William. 

(2) Ann. 

(3) Lavena. 

IV. 
Willard, b. Washington, Apr. 11, 1782; m. Mary Wil- 
son of Princeton, Mass., Nov. 25, 1802; res. in Newport; 
d. Aug. II, 1848. His wife d. Feb. 25, 1840. Children: — 

(i) David, b. Aug. 14, 1803. 

(2) Rebecca W., b. May 24, 1805 ; m. John Lynch ; d. 
July 5, 1868. 

(3) Willard, Jr., b. Oct. 7, 1807; d. Feb. 14, 1827. 

(4) Hubbard, b. Dec. i, 1809; d. Feb. 27, 1814. 

(5) Henrietta M., b. Mar. 8, 1812. 

(6) Mary, b. Aug. 16, 18 15. 

(7) Lucinda P., b. July 27, 1820. 

(8) James B., b. Dec. 17, 1823. 

V. 

Wilder, b. W., Apr. 29, 1784; thrown from the back of 
a horse and killed, July 6, 1804. 



468 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

VI. 

Rebecca, b. W., May 17, 1786; m. Thomas Robinson 
of Goshen, May 15, 1808 ; res. in Goshen and Lempster. 

HARTIION. 

The* name is also written Hathorn by some of the 
family. * 

Levi Harthon, son of John Harthon, was born in Hen- 
niker, June 2, 181 5. His mother's maiden name was 
Hannah Leslie, a grandaughter of Rev. George Leslie 
of Washington. She married John Harthon, March 4, 
1 8 14. They resided in Henniker, where he died July 27, 
1863. His wife died July 7, 1880. The grandfather of 
Levi Harthon was John, and resided in Henniker. 

Levi Harthon married Maria Needham, Sept. 7, 1841, 
and in 1852 came to Washington. He purchased the 
woolen mill on Water Street, of Dea. Seth Adams & Son, 
and carried on the manufacture of woolens during a peri- 
od of twenty-eight years, during which time he built the 
mill where the business is still carried on. He has been 
an influential citizen and has held the office of represen- 
tative in the legislature, and that of treasurer of Sullivan 
county. He has been an active member of the Congre- 
gational church, and has long held the offlce of deacon. 

IIAYNES. 

Joshua Haynes resided in the South district, where 
Mrs. Geo. D. Reed now lives. He possessed some 
knowledge of medicine and was generally known as 
"Dr." Haynes, though he was not actively engaged in 
practice. He died in Washington, Dec. 30, 1821, aged 
71 years. Hepzibah, his wife, died Oct. 8, 1807, aged 54 
years. Child : — 




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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 469 

I. 

Eleanor, ; m. David Danforth, Jr., Dec. i8, 1804; 

res. in W., and later in Claremont. 

HEALD. 

John Heald', from Berwick, England, appeared in Con- 
cord, Mass., in 1635. ^^ ^"^^ eight sons, one of whom, 
John^ Jr., married Sarah Dean in 1661. John Heald^, 
son of John Heald Jr., married Mary Chandler in 1690. 

John'*, son of John and Mary Heald, married 

Hale, and was the father of five sons. He died in Acton, 
Mass., in 1875, aged 82 years. Oliver^, son of John 
Heald-*, married Lydia Spaulding, and resided in Temple, 
N. H. He d. in 1790, aged 56 years. 

David Heald, son of Oliver and Lydia (Spaulding) 
Heald, was born in Temple, N. H., March 21, 1768. He 
was educated at Dartmouth College, and afterward studied 
law, and settled in Washington about the year 1800. He 
resided at the center of the town, where the family resi- 
dence still stands. He married Phebe, dau. of Jacob 
Burbank, of W., Nov. 13, 18 10. He died in W., Jan. 2, 
1 84 1. His wife died Dec. 4, 1863. For a more com- 
plete sketch of his life see Professional History. Child- 
ren : — 

I. 

Phebe, b. W., Sept. 20, 1811 ; res. in Milford, Mass. 

II. 

David, Jr., b. W., Oct. 19, 1813 ; m. Hannah Smith 
of Boston, Nov. 15, 1837, who died in Boston, Jan. 10, 
1847. His second wife was Adaline G. Ham of Roches- 
ter, N. H., whom he married Apr. 10, 1849. ^^ was en- 
gaged in the provision trade in Boston, where he resided 
until 1852, when he removed to Somerville, Mass. He 
resided in Somerville until 1872, when he removed to 



470 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Belmont, in the same state, where the remainder of his 
life was spent. He died Sept. 2, 1881. Children : — 

(1st wife) 
(i) David A., b. Boston, Apr. 26, 1839; d. Aug. 23, 
1841. 

(2) Charles M., b. Boston, Mar. 30, 1841 ; m. Helen 
Magoun of Somerville, Mass.; res. in Somerville, and is 
engaged in the provision trade in Boston. 

(3) Anna F., b. Boston, June 17, 1844; d. Aug. 21, 
1844. 

(2nd wife) 

(4) David, b. Boston, Feb. 6, 1850; graduated at Har- 
vard University in 1872; d. Sept. 24, 1873. 

(5) Edward P., b. Somerville, Mass., Jan. 16, 1853 ; d. 
Oct. 26, 1878. 

(6) Frank O., b. Somerville, Mass., Mar. 26, 1855 ; m. 
Minnie Higgins of Belmont, Mass. He is the general 
ticket agent of the Fitchburg railroad, and res. in Water- 
town, Mass. 

(7) Addie L., b. Somerville, Mass., Nov. 8, i860; m. 
George Cook, and res. in Milford, Mass. 

III. 
Lucy O., b. W., June 13, 1818; d. Dec. 24, 1844. 

Albert Heald was born in Nelson, N. H., Dec. 14, 
1818. His father was Oliver Heald, born in Nelson, Oct. 
I, 1790, and his grandfather was Amos Heald, a brother 
of David Heald, Esq., of Washington, born in Temple, 
Jan. 16, 1765. 

He married Harriet Munson of Whatley, Mass., in 
Mar., 1848, and settled in Lyman, Me., the same year, 
where he was pastor of a Baptist church. He removed 
to East Washington, N. H., in 185 1, where he was pastor 
of the Baptist church, fourteen years. Since leaving W., 
in 1865, he has been settled at Warner, Amherst, Meriden, 
and Felchville, Vt. He now res. in Felchville, Vt. Mr. 





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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 4/1 

Heald is a thoroughly self made man, and has been a 
faithful pastor wherever he has labored. Child : — 

I. 
Hattie G., b. Kennebunkport, Me., June i, 1850. 

HEALY. 

William Healy came from England and settled in Rox- 
bury, Mass., between the years i63oand 1635. ^^ after- 
ward resided in Cambridge, Mass. 

Nathaniel Healy was born in Newton, Mass., in 1659, 
and died June 2, 1734 

John, son of Nathaniel Healy, was born Dec. 8, 1698. 
He died May 29, 1783, and was buried at West Roxbury, 
Mass. 

John Healy, Jr., was born in Newton, Mass., Jan. 6, 
1733. He married Mary Wight, May 13, 1762. She 
was undoubtedly a native of Dedham, Mass., and was born 
Feb. 2, 1745. They resided in Newton until 1778, when 
they removed to Washington. The town at that time, 
had been settled but ten years, and was little more than a 
wilderness. They selected, for their home, a tract of land 
at the south part of the town, which was the home of the 
family for many years, the last member of the family to 
occupy it being their grandson, Harvey Healy, who died 
in 1857. Here they lived and labored the remainder of 
their lives. He was a man of great respectability, and 
was highly esteemed by his townsmen. He died Aug. 19, 
1810. His wife died Aug. 18, 1S27. Children: — 

I. 

Mary, b. Newton, Mass., Apr. 28, 1763; m. Benjamin 
Sweat of Campbell's Gore (Windsor), Mar. 16, 1790; res. 
in Piermont, N. H. ; d. Apr, 22, 1813. 

II. 

Catharine, b. Newton, Mass., Nov. 10, 1764; m. Tim- 



472 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

othy Baker in 1789; res.- in Stoddard and Claremont ; d. 
in Stoddard, Aug. 29, 1798. 

III. 
Rebecca, b. Newton, Mass., July 3, 1766; m. David 
Draper, May 17, 1785; d. July 10, 1854. . 

IV. 
Ebenezer, b. Newton, Mass., Feb. 3, 1768; res. in Sen- 
nett, N. Y., where he d., Sept. 22, 1857. 

V. 
Jesse, b. Newton, Mass., Nov. 3, 1769; m. Dolly Healy, 
Apr. 26, 1792, who d. Sept. 25, 1837. They res. in 
Charlestown, N. H. He d. June i, 1853. Children: — 

(i) Betsey, b. Mar. 9, 1793; m. Calvin Ely; d. May 
10, 1827. 

(2) Philena, b. Feb. 13, 1795; m. Woolley. 

(3) Esther, b. Feb. 14, 1798; m. Albert Morley; res. 
at Painesville, O. 

(4) Simon, b. Aug. 12, 1800; d. at St. Louis, Oct. 7, 
1836. 

VI. 

Hannah, b. Newton, Mass., Sept. 24, 1771 ; m. Josiah 
Swett, Feb. 17, 1791 ; res. in Claremont; d. Dec. 3, 1854. 

VII. 

John, Jr., b. Newton, Mass., July 2, 1773 ; res. in El- 
bridge, N. Y. ; d. May 16, 1826. 

VIII. 

Joseph, b. Newton, Mass., Aug. 21, 1776; came to 
Washington with his parents, at the age of two years, 
where the remainder of his life was spent. It is supposed 
that his educational advantages were such as a sparsely 
settled region could afford, and in no way superior to 
those enjoyed by others of his time. But he was a man 
of strong mind, and possessed an unusual amount of gen- 
uine common sense, which made him a leader among his 
townsmen. He was chosen to fill all the important offices 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 4/3 

of the town, and was always faithful in the discharge of 
his duties. His high character, and knowledge of polit- 
ical affairs, gave him an acquaintance and influence out- 
side the limits of his town, and he was chosen to serve in 
the state senate, in 1824, and as a member of the govern- 
or's council, from 1829 to 1832 ; and finally to represent 
his district in the congress of the United States, from 
1825 to 1829. 

For many years " Esq. Healy," as he was generally 
called, lived on the old homestead, at the south part of the 
town, and was engaged in farming. He afterward re- 
moved to the village, and was proprietor of the hotel. 

He was an honored member of Mount Vernon lodge of 
Free and Accepted Masons, then located in Washington, 
and was its first master. He was married to Ruth Jaquith 
of Washington, Dec. 24, 1801. She died June 19, 1807, 
and he was married to Sally Copeland of Stoddard, Feb. 
2, 1808. He died Oct. 10, 1861. His wife died Apr. 20, 
1870. Children: — 

(1st wife) 

(i) Harvey, b. W., Dec. 26, 1802; m. Eliza Richard- 
son, May 27, 1830; res. on the old homestead, at the 
south part of the town. He d. Sept. 2, 1857. His wife 
d. June 7, 1879. Child : — 

I Louisa, b. W., March 5, 1832; m. Aaron B. Flint; 
d. July 21, 1866. 

(2ncl wife) 

(2) Clara, b. W., June 11, 1809; d. July 10, 1827. 

(3) John P., b. W., Dec. 28, 1810 ; graduated at Dart- 
mouth College in 1835, and afterward studied law with 
Daniel \Vebster, in Boston. 

He was admitted to the bar in 1838, and soon became 
the law partner of Mr. Webster, the partnership lasting un- 
til Mr. Webster's death. He was a member of the Mass. 
House of Representatives, in 1840, 1849 and 1850, and of 



474 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

the Senate, in 1854. During Fillmore's administration he 
was appointed judge of the U. S. District Court for the 
district of California, but declined the honor. In 1856 
he was chosen City Solicitor for the city of Boston, and 
held the office without interruption twenty-five years. In 
1 88 1 he was chosen Corporation Council for the city, and 
was serving in that capacity at the time of his death. In 
1S71 the degree of LL. D. was conferred on him by 
Dartmouth College, in recognition of his high attain- 
ments. He was married to Mary S. Barker of Boston, 
Dec. 23, 1847, by whom he had one son. He died Jan. 
4, 1882. His widow survives, and still resides in Boston. 
Child :— 

I Joseph, b. Boston, Aug. 6, 1849; graduated at Har- 
vard, and afterward engaged in the practice of law in 
Boston; m. Alice Bird, Oct. 24, 1877. He died in Bos- 
ton, Apr. 18, 1880, leaving one child : — 

Helen R., b. in 1878. 

(4) Louisa, b. W., Dec. 24, 1812; d. March 14, 1832. 

(5) Langdon, b. W., July 28, 181 5 ; m. Josephine, 
dau. of Peyton Richards of W., July 28, 1837. He was, 
during many years, a prominent citizen of Washington, 
and while a resident of the town served as treasurer of 
Sullivan County, in 1863 and 1864. He was also one of 
the road commissioners of the same county, in 1850. He 
removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1866, where he has since 
resided. Children : — 

1 Webster W., b. W., May 28, 1838 ; d. Aug. 26, 1838. 

2 Sarah* C, b. W., Sept. 6, 1839; m. Samuel H. 
Scripture, Jan. 7, 1863 ; res. in Brooklyn, N. Y. 

3 John L., b. W., June 3, 1844 ; d. Aug. 2, 1^47. 

4 Clara L., b. W., July 30, 1848. 

5 Joseph, b. W., May 6, 1852; studied medicine and 
received the degree of M. D. at Long Island College 
Hospital, in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1875. He afterward at- 




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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 475 

tended lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 
in New York City, where he renewed the same degree, in 
1876. He res. in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he is engaged 
in the practice of his profession. 

(6) Sullivan W., b. W., June 30, 1817 ; m. Helen, dau. 
of Dr. Josiah Richards of Claremont, March i, 1848. 
He resided in his native town nearly all his life and was 
one of its most respected and iniiuential citizens. He 
was a gentleman of the old school, and possessed that 
unassuming dignity which always commands respect. 
He held much town office. Shortly before his death 
he removed to Clarfemont, where he died June 29, 1877. 
His widow still res. in Claremont. 

IX. 

Desire, b. Newton, Mass., July 25, 1778; m. Russell 
Tubbs of Marlow, Oct. 9, 1799; res. in Deering ; d. Feb. 
8, 1854. 

X. 
Sally, b. Washington, March 7, 1781 ; m. Phineas Cros- 
man ; d. July 9, 1824. 

XI. 
Samuel, b. W., June 10, 1783; d. Sept. 30, 1807. 

XII. 

Nathaniel, b. W., July 10, 1785 ; m. Jane Tabor, dau. of 
Church Tabor of W., Dec. 22, 1807 ; was a man of edu- 
cation and was long engaged in teaching. He res. in W. 
and Haverhill, N. H., and in South Hero and Topsham, 
Vt. He d. in Topsham, Vt., Feb. 11, 1841. Children: — 

(i) Rosina, b. Haverhill, N. H., Nov. 16, 1808; m. 
Robert Richardson of Topsham, Vt. 

(2) Joseph W., b. Haverhill, July 12, 1810; d. young. 

(3) Russell T., b. Washington, Jan. 19, 1814. 

(4) Sally D., b. South Hero, Vt., Aug. 28, 1816; died 
young. 



476 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(5) Church T., b. South Hero, Vt, July i8, 1818; d. 
young. 

(6) Jane D., b. South Hero, Vt., Sept. 7, 1820; m. 
Rev. Wm. L. Camp, and res. at Spencer Creek, Mich. 

(7) Mary W., b. South Hero, Vt., Aug. 10, 1822 ; m. 
Abial E. Richardson, of Rumford, Me. 

(8) Loraine, b. South Hero, Vt., Feb. 15, 1825; m. 
Rev. Phineas Hersey. 

(9) Joseph W., b. South Hero, Apr. 11, 1827; res. in 
Santa Monica, Cal. ; is an eminent clergyman and scholar. 

(10) Nathaniel C, b. South Hero, Vt., March 15, 
1829; was a physician ; died in London, England, May 
26, 1874. 

XIII. 

Eliza, b. W., March 4, 1789; m. Kellom, and 

res. in Auburn, N. Y., where she died, Apr. 23, 1865. 

HILL. 

Warren W. Hill, son of Daniel Hill, was born in North- 
wood, Feb. 12, 1800. About the year 1824, he came to 
Washington, and engaged in the manufacture of furniture. 
He also worked at the painter's trade, and for a time kept 
a store. He married Celista Murdough, in 1827, and con- 
tinued to reside in Washington until about the year 1859, 
when he removed to New London. He afterward resided 
in Hillsborough, where he died. After the death of his 
wife, he married Mrs. Abby Walker, Feb. 12, 1867. She 
still resides in Hillsborough. Children: — 

I. 

Esther R., b. W., Dec. 25, 1827; m. Alexis Cutting, 
June 3, 1852; res. in W., until 1859, when they removed 
to Lebanon, and afterward to Winchester, Mass., where 
they now res. 

II. 

Henry F., b. W., Oct. 22, 1829; res. in St. Albans, Vt. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 477 

III. 

Mary A., b. W., Feb. i, 1831 ; m. Sept. 2, 1854; res. 
in Hudson. 

IV. 

Eliza F., b. W., Mar. 5, 1837; m. Mar. 10, 1864; res. 
in New London. 

Mark F. Hill, son of John S. Hill, was born in Strafford, 
N. H., June 28, 1828. He married Lydia J. Berry of 
Strafford, Apr. 6, 185 i. They resided at Strafford, N. H., 
Brookline and Newbury, Mass., and Derry, N. H., until 

, when he came to Washington to reside, and is 

still a resident of the town. Children : — 

I. 

Henry O., b. Strafford, May 27, 1852 ; prepared for 
college at Dummer Academy, Newbury, Mass., and grad- 
uated at Union College, in 1873, at the head of his class, 
and was the recipient of the highest prize of the college. 
He became an instructor in the preparatory department 
of Union College, which position he was obliged to aban- 
don some, time afterward, on account of impaired health. 
He has been engaged in teaching a portion of the time 
since, and was, at one time, principal of Tubbs Union 
Academy. He resides in Washington. 

II. 

Emma ]., b. Brookline, Mass., Feb. 15, i860; graduated 
at Adams Female Seminary, at Derry, and was engaged 
in teaching for a time ; m. Loren A. Noyes, and res. in 
Lempster, where she d. May 15, 1883. 

III. 

Jennie S., b. Newbury, Mass., Jan. 19, 1865 ; res. in W. 

IV. 

Edith K., b. Newbury, Mass., July 11, 1870. 



4/8 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

HOLT. 

Amos Holt was a native of Greenfield, N. H., and was 
born about the year 1799. He came to Washington in 
1825, and married, the same year, Sabrina, dau. of John 
Dresser of W. They settled on the John Dresser farm, 
situated on the high land south of the turnpike, which is 
now owned by George W, Blanchard. He died Sept. 9, 
1847, aged 48 yrs. His wife died June 9, 1876. Child- 
ren : — 

I. 

Amos C, b. W., Feb. 10, 1826 ; m. Gadriella A. Blanch- 
ard, Jan. 25, 1849; res. in Hillsborough, where he d., 
Oct. 28, 1874. Children: — 

(i) C. Gilett, b. Jan. 11, 1852; m. Edward E. Muzzey 
of Boston, Sept. 14, 1867. 

(2) William A., b. Oct. 16, 1855 ; m. Emma Weymouth 
of Boston, June 8, 1878. 

II. 

William, b. W., Dec. 6, 1829; m. Lucelia, dau. of Dr. 
David McQuesten of W., Sept. 8, 1853 ; res. in Trenton, 
N. J. His wife d. Aug. 5, 1883. 

III. 

Woodbury D., b. W., July 5, 183 1 ; m. Anstress, dau. of 
Asa Kimball of Henniker; res. in Trenton, N. J. 

IV. 

Emily S., b. W., Aug. 16, 1833. 

V. 
Chester A., b. W., Mar. 23, 1845 ; m. Electa Curtice of 
Antrim, Nov. 13, 1877; res. in Hillsborough. Child: — 

(i) Bertha, b. Hillsborough, Dec. 14, 1885; d. Jan. 3, 
1886. 

VI. 
Alvira, b. W., Mar. 23, 1845 ! cl. aged 6 mos. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 479 

IIOWAT^D. 

The Howards are descendants of one of the most illus- 
trious families of England. 

Nathaniel Howard, their first American ancestor, came 
from Suffolk, England, in 1641, and settled in Dorchester, 
Mass. 

NathanieP, Jr., son of Nathaniel Howard, settled in 
Chelmsford, Mass., and had sons Jacob^ and Nathaniels 

Silas Howard, a descendant of Jacob Howard^, was born 
in Westford, Mass. (?), a town adjoining Chelmsford, in 
which town (Chelmsford) the Howard family was promi- 
nent for many years. He was a soldier in the Revolution. 
He settled in Lyndeborough, N. H., and was the father of 
ten children. 

Joseph, son of Silas Howard, was born June 19, 1792. 
He married Phebe Pettengill, dau. of Wm. Pettengill of 
Wilton. She was born Apr. 26, 1796. After her death, 
he married Parker. He died Sept. 13, 1839. 

Ezra P. Howard, son of Joseph and Phebe (Pettengill) 
Howard, was born in Wilton, July 2, 18 18. When a child, 
about ten years of age, he drove a team between Wilton 
and Nashua. His mother dying when he was very young, 
he went to Temple, where he worked on a farm until he 
was eighteen years of age. He then learned the carpen- 
ter's trade, and worked at Lowell and Cambridge, Mass., 
Washington, N. H., and Rochester, N. Y. He returned 
to New Hampshire in 1842, and after working a short time 
in Temple, again came to Washington, where he worked 
at his trade, and engaged in the manufacture of card 
boards. In 1846 he engaged in the manufacture of card 
boards, in company with his brother, Joseph A. Howard, 
the partnership lasting five years. He afterward conduct- 
ed the business alone, continuing in it the most of the 
time until 1869. He managed the business with great sa- 
gacity, enlarging his establishment until he was the sole 
manufacturer of his kind of goods in the United States. 



480 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

In 1869 he removed to Nashua, where he still resides, 
being engaged in the flour and grain trade. He has al- 
ways taken a deep interest in political affairs, and was 
chosen to represent Washington in the legislature, in 1867 
and 1868, He was married to Mary Trow of Goshen, Jan. 
24, 1844. She was a native of Mont Vernon, and was 
born July 22, 181 8. Children: — 

I. 

Joseph W., b. W., Nov. 22, 1844; m. Nancy J. Hessel- 
ton of Wilton, Aug. 27, 1868 ; res. in Nashua, where he is 
extensively engaged in the manufacture and sale of furni- 
ture. He is a popular citizen, and has served in both 
branches of the city government. Children : — 

(i) Charles W., b. Nashua, Oct. 28, 1869. 

(2) Frank B., b. " Sept. 20, 1 871. ^ 

(3) Mary H., b. *' Aug. 14, 1876. 

II. 

Mary H., b. W., Nov. 22, 1844; m. Charles H. French, 
Jan. I, 1863 ; d. Aug. 30, 1869. 

III. 

Martha J., b. W., Jan. 29, 1847. 

Joseph A. Howard, son of Joseph and Phebe Howard, 
was born in Wilton, Oct. 16, 1823. He married Harriet 
Laws, Nov. 30, 1848. He res. in Washington, where he 
was a prominent citizen, and where he was for a time en- 
gaged in manufacturing, in company with his brother, Ezra 
P. Howard. He removed to Nashua, where he died, June 
6, 1876. His wife died Apr. 16, 1856. Child:— 



Mary Abbie, b. W., Sept. 5, 1855 ; m. Dr. E. F. Mc 
Questen of Nashua, June 18, 1879; d. 1885. 




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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 48 1 

HOWE. 

Otis Howe was born in Marlborough, Mass., Oct. 3, 
1748. He married Lucy Goodell, Nov. 5, 1770. She was 
also a native of Marlborough, and was born July 3, 1752. 
As early as 1771, they settled in Hillsborough, N. H., 
where they resided many years, and where all their child- 
ren were born. Before his death, he removed to Stock- 
bridge, Vt., where he died, Oct. 2, 1822. His widow died, 
at the home of her son, James Howe, of Washington, 
June 17, 1843. Children : — 

I. 

Rebecca, b. Hillsborough, Nov. 25, 1771 ; m. Joel Stowe, 
Apr. ID, 1794; res. in Hillsborough, where she d., March 
19, 1805. 

n. 

Nathan, b. Hillsborough, Feb. i, 1773; m. Mary Wait, 
Oct., 1792 ; d. in the state of N. Y., in 1847. 

III. 

Joel, b. Hillsborough, July 27, 1774; d. in Hillsborough, 
Apr. 30, 1 79 1. 

IV. 

Nathaniel, b. Hillsborough, Apr. 2, 1776; m. Polly 
Ghase in 1808; d. in Waterford, Me., Jan. 18, 1829. 

V. 

Timothy, b. Hillsborough, Jan. 29, 1778; m. Betsey 
Howard in 1801 ; res. in Turner, Me., where he d., in 185 1. 
He was the father of the late Timothy O. Howe of Wis- 
consin, who was, at the time of. his death, postmaster 
general of the U. S., and who was formerly U. S. Sena- 
tor from Wisconsin. 

VI. 

Otis, Jr., b. Hillsborough, Dec. 23, 1779; m. Hannah 
Carr, in 1799. She was a native of Newburyport, Mass., 
b. Jan. 9, 1784; res. first in Hillsborough, but about the 



482 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

year 1809, settled at East Washington, where Dea. Sam- 
uel Fletcher now resides. In 181 2 he removed to Ver- 
mont, and died at Stockbridge, in that state. May 14, 1830. 
His widow died in Hillsborough, N. H., July 31, 1871. 
Children : — 

(i) John C, b. Hillsborough, July 23, 1806; d. in 
Hillsborough, Feb. 8, 1873. 

(2) Sarah H., b. Washington, Apr. 18, 1810; m. John 
Lincoln, Mar. 15, 1832; res. in Hillsborough many years, 
but for some years has res. in W. 

(3) Hannah B., b. Stockbridge, Vt, May 8, 1823; m. 
Cyrus Saltmarsh of Antrim, Apr. 12, 1842. 

(4) Lucy J., b. Stockbridge, Vt., Sept. 6, 1828; d. in 
Hillsborough, N. H., Feb. 13, 1864. 

Besides the four children of Otis Howe, mentioned 
above, there were ten who died in infancy. 

VII. 
Polly, b. Hillsborough, Aug. 11, 1781 ; d. in Hillsbor- 
ough, Aug. 20, 1805. 

VIII. 

James, b. Hillsborough, Oct. 6, 1783 ; m. Sally Liver- 
more, Mar. 19, 181 1. Shed. Mar. 30, 1838. He res. in 
Hillsborough and Washington, the last years of his life 
being spent in Washington, where he d., Sept. 2, 1859. ' 

IX. 
Calvin, b. Hillsborough, Jan. 25, 1785 ; d. Feb., 1785. 

X. 
Luther, b. Hillsborough, Jan. 25, 1785 ; m. Nabby 
Baker, in Feb., 181 5 ; d. Oct. 5, 1843. 

XI. 
• Solomon, b. Hillsborough, Nov. 4, 1786; m. Lucy 
Barnes, Nov., 1806; d. at Smyrna, N. Y., May 9, 1859. 

XII. 
Jeremiah, b. Hillsborough, Aug. 16, 1788; m. Deborah 
Avery; d. in Claremont, in Nov., 1849. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 483 

XIII. 

Lucy, b. Hillsborough, Oct. 3, 1790; m. John F"isk, 
July 5, 1 8 12; d. in Washington, Sept. 29, 1815, 

XIV. 

Persis, b. Hillsborough, May 4, 1793; m. Joseph Pack- 
ard of Stockbridge, Vt. 

Asbury P. Howe, son of Ephraim and Charlotte P. 
Howe, was born in Berlin, Vt., June 10, 1831. When he 
was two years of age his parents removed to New Hamp- 
shire, and resided in different towns, but principally in 
Acworth. He was educated in the district schools, and 
at the high school at South Acworth. In his youth and 
early manhood he taught many schools, and in 1866 and 
1867, he was principal of Tubbs Union Academy, In 
1862, he enlisted from Acworth, and served continuously, 
almost three years, in the 4th N. H. reg't, participating 
in many battles and enduring much hardship. He was 
married to Diadema Hull of Acworth, Nov. 10, 1853, and 
since 1866 has resided principally in Washington. Their 
only child is : — 

I. 

F. Herman, b. Acworth, Aug. 12, 1858; m. Minnie F. 
Howe of Lempster, July 10, 1883 ; res. in W. 

IIOYT. 

John Hoyt', who was born between the years 161Q and 
161 5, was one of the original settlers of Salisbury, Mass. 
His first wife, Frances, died Feb. 23, 1642 or 1643. 
He was married to his second wife, also named Frances, 
in 1643 or 1644. 

Thomas^ son of John and Frances Hoyt was born Jan. 
I, i640or 1641, probably in Salisbury, Mass. He m. Mary 
Brown, and lived in Salisbury, and Amesbury, Mass. He 
d. Jan. 3, 1690 or 1691. 



484 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Benjamin^, son of Thomas and Mary Hoyt, was born 
Sept. 20, 1680, probably in Salisbury, Mass. He m. Han- 
nah Pillsbury of Newbury, Mass., in 1703 or 1704, and 
died in Salisbury, Mass., in 1748 or 1749. He was a 
tanner. 

Benjamin^ son of Benjamin and Hannah (Pillsbury) 
Hoyt, was born Apr. 29, 1706, probably in South Hamp- 
ton or Hampton Falls, N. H. He m. Mary Collins, Mar. 
25, 1730. He d. in 1745 or 1746. 

Abner^, son of Benjamin and Mary (Collins) Hoyt, was 
born Jan. 25, 1731 or 1732, probably in Hampton Falls, or 
S. Hampton, N. H. He m. Hannah Eastman of Salisbury, 
Mass., Nov. I, 1753. He lived in Hampton Falls, Chester, 
Poplin (now Fremont), Hopkinton and Weare, N. H. He 
d. Oct. 22, 1807. 

Benjamin*", son of Abner and Hannah Hoyt, was b. Jan. 
25, 1757. He m. Mary Jewett, and d. Feb. 3, 18 13. He 
resided in Hopkinton, N, H. 

Benjamin^, son of Benj. and Mary (Jewett) Hoyt, was 
born in Hopkinton, N. H., Dec. 10, 1780. He m. Sarah 
Adams, Apr. 24, 1803. He d. in Bradford, N. H., Feb. 
18, 1861. His wife d. Apr. 16, 1857, aged 79 yrs. They 
were the parents of eight children, all sons. 

Moses R. Hoyt^, youngest son of Benjamin and Sarah 
(Adams) Hoyt, was born in Bradford, Apr. 8, 18 19. He 
married Abigail Blood, dau. of Ebenezer Blood, of W., 
Mar. 18, 1 841. They have res. in Bradford and Wash- 
ington. Children : — 

I. 

Hiram I., b. W., June i, 1842; m. Lucinda A., dau. of 
Moses D. Proctor of W., Dec. 3, 1861. They have always 
res. in Washington. During the war of the Rebellion, he 
served nearly three years in the U. S. army. Children : — 

(i) Freeman H., b. W., Dec. 5, 1868. 
(2) Charles H., b. W., Sept. 4, 1874. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 485 

II. 

Irvilla E., b. W., Aug. 12, 1846; m. John H. Frazer, 
July 24, 1864. Some years after his death she married 
Harvey B. Crane, Sept. lo, 1881 ; res. in Newport. 

III. 

George A., b. Bradford, Nov. 29, 185 1 ; res. in W. 

IV. 

William I., b. W., June 6, 1858. 

V. 
Sadie M., b. Bradford, Dec. 2, 1861 ; m. Waldo Flint, 
July 25, 1880; res. in Sutton. 

IIURD. 

John Hurd' came from England and settled in Strat- 
ford, Conn., in 1635. He was a land surveyor, and is said 
to have been a man of education. He served several 
years in the Conn, legislature. 

Ebenezer-, son of John Hurd, was born in 1668, and 
settled in East Haddam, Conn. 

Justus^, son of Ebenezer Hurd, was born in East Had- 
dam, Conn., in 1721. He married Rachel Fuller, who 
died in Chesterfield, N. H., in 18 15. He-died Mar. 31, 
1804. 

ShubaeH, son of Justus and Rachel Hurd, was born at 
East Haddam, Conn., Jan. 25, 1750. He settled in Lemp- 
ster, N. H., where he died, Apr. 30, 1827. 

Shubael^, Jr., son of Shubael Hurd, was born Feb. 26, 
1774, and died Mar. 22, 1854. 

Luman Hurd'', son of Shubael Hurd, Jr., was born in 
Lempster, Mar. 13, 1805. He married Laura, dau. of 
Lewis Vickery of Washington, May 17, 1832, and settled 
in Merrimack, where he was engaged in trade. In 1834 
they removed to Washington, and resided on the Goshen 



486 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

road, a short distance from Washington Center, where 
Albert G. Greenleaf now resides. They continued to re- 
side in Washington until 1852, when they removed to 
Providence, R. I., where the remainder of their lives was 
spent. He died Jan. 24, 1867. His wife died Sept. 10, 
1884. Child :— 

I. 

Gustine L., b. Merrimack, N. H., Sept. 4, 1833 ; came to 
W. with his parents, in infancy, where his boyhood and 
youth were spent ; was educated in the jDublic school, the 
academy at Marlow, and at Tubbs Union Academy, then 
a flourishing institution. He removed to Providence, R. 
I., in 1852, and there learned the art of daguerreotyping, 
which he has practiced continuously up to the present 
time, making himself familiar with each improvement in 
the art. He resides in Providence, which has always been 
his place of business, and is considered one of the best 
photographic artists in that city. 

Dea. Collins Hurd^ son of Shubael Hurd, Jr., was born 
in Lempster, July 11, 1796. He married Sally Way, who 
was born in Lempster, Oct. 2, 1795. They resided in 
Lempster, where he died, Apr. 30, 1876. 

Shubael W. Hurd^ son of Dea. Collins Hurd, was born 
in Lempster, Sept. 30, 1828. He married Clara H., dau. 
of John May of W., Feb. 21, 1854, and has since resided 
in Washington. He is a prominent citizen, and has held 
much town office. Children : — 

I. 

Alice M., b. W., Jan. 6, 1855 ; m. Charles Browne, Nov. 
26, 1884; res. in Boston, Mass. 

IL 

Fred O., b. W., June 16, 1856; m. Jennie H. Haynes, 
Oct. 12, 1882; res. in Wellington, Mass. 

George D. Hurd, son of Dea. Collins Hurd, was born 
in Lempster, Nov. 29, 1841. He married Julia A. Davis, 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 48/ 

Dec. 3, 1861. He came to Washington to residein 1864, 
and is at present a resident of the town, but has not res. 
in W. continuously. Children : — 

I. 
Chester D., b. Lempster, Aug. 18, 1872. 

II. 
Jennie A., b. W., June 12, 1875. 

III. 
Fannie C, b. Lempster, May 5, 1877. 

HUTCIIINSOK 

John Hutchinson was born Mar. 21, 1784. He mar- 
ried Phebe Hovey of Washington, in 1807, ^^^^ after her 
decease, he married Mary Gates of Antrim, Mar. 24, 181 5. 
They resided near Long Pond, in Washington, on a farm 
which was afterwards owned by Benjamn Newman. 
They removed to Antrim in 1825. He died Jan. 19, 1825. 
Children : — 

I. 

George G., b. W., Feb. 9, 1816 ; m. Mary C. Duncan, 
May 10, 1853 ; res. in Antrim. Children : — 

(i) Wm. S., b. Apr. i, 1854. 

(2) John D., b. Apr. 25, 1856. 

(3) Chas. I., b. Mar. 14, 1858. 

(4) Geo. H., b. Nov. i, 1859. 

(5) Linda E., b. Oct. i, 1861. 

(6) Lincoln H., b. June 27, 1863. 

(7) Ira P., b. April 8, 1865. 

(8) Alden C, b. Nov. i, 1867. 

II. 

John, b. W., Sept. i, 1817 ; m. Ann M. Boutelle ; res. 
in Chetopa, Kansas, at last accounts ; was a soldier in the 
7th N. H. regt, during the Rebellion. Children : — 



488 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

(i) George E., b. June 4, 1845 ; m. Emma Ashe of 
Lowell, Mass. 

(2) Martha J., b. Aug. 8, 1847 ', d. Sept. 24, 1867. 

(3) John M., b. Feb. 27, 185 1. 

(4) Frank H., b. Sept. 26, 1856. 

III. 

Phebe J., b. W., Dec. 18, 1818; m. Stephen Sylvester 
of New Ipswich, May 12, 1853 ; cl. in New Ipswich, Sept. 
8, 1864. 

IV. 

Charles G., b. W., Feb. 22, 1821 ; m. Susan Hoyt of 
Lowell, Mass. He resides in San Gabriel, Gal., and is 
extensively engaged in the cultivation of fruit. 

V. 

Wm. B., b. W., Nov. 27, 1822 ; m. Adaline Sheenan of 
New Gastle, Me.; was a broker in Boston ; settled in An- 
trim in 1854; d. July 24, 1854. 

VI. 

Samuel, b. W., June 8, 1824; d. Oct. 5, 1824. 

INGALS. 

David In gals resided in Washington, in the Mountain 
district, near the commencement of the present century. 
His residence stood a short distance west of the residence 
of Ezra Millen, and not far from the house of Benjamin 
Newman, Jr. He subsequently removed to Rockingham, 
Vt., where he died. The children of David and Hitty 
Ingals were : — 

I. 

Priscilla, b. ; m. Ziba Brockway of W., Nov. 

28, 1826; res. in Rockingham, Vt. 

11. 

Hitty, b. W., Dec. 2, 1800; m. Raymond Brockway of 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 489 

W., July 14. 1829; res. in Alstead and Washington; d. in 
W., Aug. 14, 1883. 

III. • 

Milla, b. W., July 27, 1806; d. in W. 

IV. 

Azael, b. W., July 25, 1812; m. Alma Barrett, and after 
res. near his father for a time, removed to Chester, Vt. 
He was a blacksmith, and carried on the business near 
his father's residence. His shop stood on the banks of 
the Mountain brook, near its source, and the ruins of the 
dam are still visible. 

John Ingals, brother of David, resided in Washington, 
on the top of the range of hills, just west of his broth- 
er's. But little is known of his family history. 

JAQUITH. 

Ebenezer Jaquith came from Dunstable, Mass., and 
was one of the early settlers in Washington. The pre- 
cise date of his settlement is not known, but it was as 
early as 1778, as he held office in Washington that year. 
His wife was Ruth Wright, whom he married in Hollis, 
probably before his settlement in Washington. He set- 
tled on the Stoddard road three-fourths of a mile south of 
Washington Center, where Darius Y. Barnes now resides. 
The farm remained in the possession of the family for, 
many years, and during their ownership the large ^wo 
story house, now standing, was erected. Ebenezer Ja- 
quith was a man of many excellent qualities. He was 
highly respected, and was one of the first deacons in the 
Congregational church, of which Rev. George Leslie was 
pastor. He d. Dec. 12, 1811, aged 69 years. His wife d. 
Feb. II, 1825, aged 72 yrs. Children: — 

I. 

Elizabeth, b. W., Apr. 2, 1779. 



490 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

II. 

Ruth, b. W., Feb. 2, 1781 ; m. Joseph Healy, Dec. 24, 
1801 ; res. in W., where she d., June 19, 1807. 

III. 

Ebenezer, Jr., b. W., Dec. 30, 1782; m. Lucy Rice of 
Ashburnham, Mass., in May, 1809; res. in W. until 1830, 
when they removed to Nashua, and thence to Milford, 
where he died in 1840. His wife d. in Dec, 1854. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Lorena, b. W., Jan. 24, 1810; m. John C. Spring, 
Apr. 7, 1829; res. first in Hillsborough, then in Utica, N. 
Y., and lastly in Wilton, N. H., where her husband d., 
Feb. 6, 1859. 

(2) Daughter, b. W., July 19, 1811 ; d. July 28, 1811. 

(3) Ebenezer, b. W., Sept. 5, 1812; d. Jan., 1814. 

(4) Oilman, b. W., Jan. 28, 1814; m. Hannah Merrill 
of Nashua, in 1839; res. in Marysville, Ky. 

(5) Cyrus, b. W., Aug. 15, 1815 ; m. Orrissa Sleeper 
of Francestown, in Nov., 1839. She d. in Aug., 1854, and 

he was married to Mrs. Woodward. He res. in 

Lyndebo rough. Children : — 

I J. Merrick, b. Milford, Oct. 18, 1840. 
3 Hattie O., b. Milford, Sept. 6, 1842. 
3 Edwin C, b. Milford, June 6, 1845. 

(6) Timothy W., b. W., Sept. 6, 1818 ; m. Sarah Lan- 
caster of Milford, in 1842, who died in 1846. He re- 
moved to Kansas, and married Abbie Whiting, in 1849. 
She died in 1859, and he was married to Mary H. Whit- 
ing, in 1867. He died in Milford, Kansas, Jan. 17, 1878. 
By his first wife he had two children, who are not living. 
By his second and third wives his children were : — 

(2nd wife) 
I Emily D., b. Holyoke, Mass., June 21, 1856; res. 
in Toledo, O. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 49I 

2 Walter W., b. Allegheny, Pa., Aug. 24, 1858 ; res. 
at Scholl's Ferry, Oregon. 

(3d wife) 

3 Rachel, b. Allegheny, Pa. ; d. in infancy. 

4 Charles A., b. Milford, Kansas, Apr. 23, 1872. 

5 Anna L., b. Milford, Kansas ; d. in infancy. 

(7) Merrick T., b. W., May 11, 1820; d. in Nashua, 
about the year 1835. 

(8) Charles, b. W., May 22, 1824 ; killed in one of the 
Manchester mills, in 1841. 

(9) Laura A., b. W., Feb. 16, 1830; m. Albert C. 
Osborn, in 1855; ^^s. in Milford and Nashua; went to 
Oshkosh, Wis., in 1857. Since 1876 they have res. in 
Toledo, Ohio. 

IV. 

Joshua, b. W., Feb. 21, 1784; m. Polly, dau. of Dea. 
John Millen of W., May 11, 1809; res. in W., on the 
farm where he was born. He died Nov. i, 1855. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Joshua L., b. W., Aug. 26, 1813 ; m. Abigail PI, 
dau. of John May of W., March 21, 1841 ; d. in 1873. 
Children : — 

1 Clara J., b. W., Sept., 1842; m. Wm. W. Hall of 
Unity, May 8, 1871 ; res. in Unity. 

2 Arthur H., b. W., Nov., 1844; res. in Washington. 

3 Lizzie M., b. W., May, 1851 ; res. in Washington. 

(2) Polly, b. W., Aug. II, 1815 ; m. Sylvester C. Gil- 
man of Goshen, Sept. 4, 1839; res. in Goshen, where she 
d., June 9, 1879. 

1 V. 

Daniel, b. W. ; m. Phebe, dau. of Ebenezer Wood 

of W., in 1818; res. in W., but subsequently removed to 
Syracuse, N. Y. Children : — 



492 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(i) Ebenezer, b. W., Feb. 14, 18 19. 
(2) Ruth E., b. W., Sept. 22, 1821. 



JEFTS. 

Henry Jefts was born in Mason, N. H., Aug. 29, 1788. 
He came to W. to reside, at the age of twenty-three, and 
resided on the farm where Jabez Fisher now resides. 
He married Susan Wright of Washington. She was born 
in W., Oct. 24, 1792. They resided in W. until 1846. 
He died in Nashua, Jan. 29, 1881. His wife died in 
Nashua, Apr. 17, 1881. Children: — 

1. 

Eldad F., b. W., Dec. 26, 181 2; d. Dec. 27, 181 2. 

II. 
Elmer R., b. W., Dec. 26, 1812 ; d. Dec. 27, 18 12. 

III. 
Alfred, b. W., Feb. 18, 1814; d. Feb. 21, 1814. 

IV. 
Elias, b. W., May 16, 18 16; d. May 22, 18 16. 

V. 
Jacob W., b. W., Feb. i, 1819; m. Emeline Simonds, 
in 1849; ^Gs. in Nashua. Children: — 

(i) Imogene M., b. Amherst, April 21, 1850. 
(2) Ida E., b. " Mar. 26, 1852. 

vr. 

Asel P., b. W., Dec. 5, 1822; m. Hannah M. Simonds, 
April 2, 185 I ; res. in Nashua. Children : — 

(i) Ira P., b. Amherst, Dec. 26, 185 1. 
(2) George W., b. Bedford, July 19, 1853. 

VII. 

Henry A., b. W., Oct. 2, 1825 ; m. , , 1847. 

Children : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 493 

(i) Charles H., b. Nashua. 

(2) Ella A., b. Amherst, May i, 1850. 

VIII. 
Melvina A., b. W., July i. 1836; m. Wallace N. Young, 
Jan. I, 1858 ; res. in Nashua. 

Benjamin Jefts, nephew of Henry and son of David 
Jefts, was born in Mason, Mar. 28, 1808. He came to 
Washington in 1824, and married Olive, daughter of Joel 
Reed of Washington, in 1825. They resided in Wash- 
ington some years, at the south part of the town. Mrs. 
Jefts died in Washington, July i, 1849, after which her 
husband removed to Springfield, Vt., and also resided in 
Alstead, N. H., where he died, Mar. 30, 1861. Child- 
ren : 

1. 

Geo. S., b. W., Feb. 8, 1826; m. Sarah Young of 
Goshen, in 1847; resided many years in W., but is now a 
resident of Hudson, Mass. Children : — 

(i) Martha A., b. W., Oct. 13, 1848; m. Russell F. 
Patten, Sept. 26, 1868; res. in Springfield, Vt. 

(2) Abbie J., b. W., Aug. 5, 1850; m. George W. 
French, Feb. 10, 1884; res. in Greenfield. 

(3) Willard S., b. W., Dec. 6, 1852; m. Martha M. 
Taylor of Hudson, Mass., Mar. 31, 1875 ; res. in San Ber- 
nardino, Cal. 

(4) Freeman B., b. W., Nov. 4, 1856; m. Henrietta 
N. Hemenway of Sudbury, Mass., Oct. 3, 1882; res. 
in W. 

(5) Arthur A., b. W^, May 4, 1862. 

II. 
Benj. F., b. W., Nov. 20, 1827; m. Nancy Davis of 
Gilsum ; resided for a time in Gilsum ; now lives in 
Lempster. Children : — 

(i) Esther, b. Gilsum, 1854; d. 1872. 



494 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(2) Franklin H., b. Gilsiim, July, 1859. 

(3) Julia, b. " May, 1869. 

III. 

Luman T., b. W., Apr. 4, 1830; m. Emily S. Witt of 
Marlborough, Mass., Dec. 10, 1856; has resided many 
years in Hudson, Mass., where he is extensively engaged 
in the manufacture of shoes. He has been very success- 
ful in business and is a highly esteemed citizen of his 
adopted town. He has always manifested a strong at- 
tachment for his native town, the most substantial evi- 
dence of which is the beautiful library building which he 
presented to the town for the accommodation of Shedd 
Free Library. Children : — 

(i) Abbie S., b. Hudson, Mass., Aug. 28, 1859; m. 
Fi-ank T. Beede, Apr. 24, 1884; res. in Hudson, Mass. 

(2) Everett L., b. Hudson, Mass., Sept. 16, 1863 ; d. 
Nov. 6, 1872. 

(3) Carroll T., b. Hudson, Mass., Nov. 7, 1866; d. 
March 3, 1869. 

(4) AUie B., b. Hudson, Mass., Oct. 23, 1870; d. Dec. 
2, 1872. 

IV. 
Cynthia E., b. W., Sept. 3, 1842; m. Oakey J. Barron, 
Dec. 26, 1858; res. in W. 



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'^" JONES. ' (f 

Samuel Jones removed from Wilmington, Mass., to 
Hillsborough, N. H., about the year 1774 or 1775. He 
married Hannah Hoar, by whom he. had several children, 
some of whom settled in Washington. The last years of 
his life were spent in the north part of Stoddard. His 
wife died Oct. 16, 1809, aged 58 yrs. ~" ' 

Nehemiah Jones, son of Samuel and Hannah Jones, 
was born in Wilmington, Mass. He married Mary Per- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 495 

kins, in 1799, and settled at Washington Centre, on the 
"Sampson place". Two years later he went to Stoddard, 
and afterward resided in Hillsborough and Windsor. He 
d. in Windsor, Dec. 26, 1832. His wife died Oct. 21, 1830. 
Children : — 

I. 
Nabby, b. W., May 23, 1800; m. Joseph Lewis of W., 
in 1824; d. in Campello, Mass., Oct. 21, 1878. 

II. 
David P., b. Stoddard, Mar. 18, 1802; m. Mrs. Cynthia 
Shaw; res. in Hillsborough, where he d., Sept. 23, 1882. 

III. 
Thomas J., b. Stoddard, May 17, 1804; m. Nancy N. 
Averill, of Windsor, in 1834; res. in Windsor; d. Mar. 
14, 1876. 

IV. 

Mary, b. Stoddard, July 2, 1806; m. Daniel N. Lewis, 
in 1825; res. in Washington; d. Mar. 11, 1872. 

V. 
Eliza> b. Stoddard, Oct. 13, 1809; d. Aug. 17, 181 3. 

VI. 
Eliza, b. Hillsborough, Nov. 17, 1813; m. Daniel Nich- 
ols, in 1837; res. in Wakefield, Mass.; d. Eeb. 6, 1851. 

VII. 
Roxanna, b. Windsor, Apr. 24, 18 19; m. Silas Blanch- 
ard of W., in 1865 ; res. in Washington many years ; now 
res. in Windsor. 

Samuel Jones, Jr., son of Samuel and Hannah Jones, 
was born in Hillsborough, Sept. 30, 1777; m. Deborah 
Bradford ; res. first in Bradford, but came to Washington 
about the year 1800, and res. where Charles Trow now 
lives. In 1804, while assisting in moving a building, his 
leg was caught between the building and a fence, 
against which the building slid, injuring'it so severely that 
amputation was performed July 7, 1804. The operation 



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496 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

was memorable, since it was performed before the prop- 
erties of ether and chloroform were understood. Capt. 
Jones removed to Boston, where he was employed in the 
Custom House. He subsequently removed to New York, 
where he had a similar position. Children : — 

I. 
Hosea, b. New Bradford (Bradford), May 25, 1799. 

11. 
Harry, b. Washington, Nov. 27, 1800. 

Stillman Jones, son of Samuel and Hannah Jones, was 
born in Hillsborough, Apr. 14, 1780. He married Polly, 
dau. of Dea. Jonathan Clark, Sen., of W., Mar. 29, 1801 ; 
res. in Washington Center, but renjoved to Irasburg, Vt., 
prior to 18 10, and soon after was killed by a falling tree. 
Children : — 

I. 

Owen, b. ; res. in Salem, Mass., and later in the 

West. 

II. 

Daniel, b. ; d. young. 

III. 

Stillman, Jr., b. ; res. in Reading, Mass. 

IV. 

Hiram, b. ; res. in Conn. 

V. 

Sewall, b. ; m. Maria, dau. of David Tabor of 

W.; res. in W. and Kingston, and later in Newburyport, 
Mass., where he died. 

Milton Jones, son of Samuel and Hannah Jones, was 
born in Hillsborough, Feb. 10, 1782; m. Susanna Shedd 
of Washington, in 1811 ; res. in W., on the Stoddard road, 
near the Stoddard line, and after many years removed to 
Pre-emption, 111. * He is said to have been a man of strong 
mind and genuine common sense. Children : — 





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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 497 

I. 

Cordelia, b. W., Oct. 9, 181 1. 

n. 

Betsey, b. W., Sept. 29, 18 12. 

III. 
Jeremiah (.''), b. W., Jan. 27, 181 5. 

IV. 
Anna, b. W., 1819; d. Sept. 7, 1839, aged 20. 

Chauncey Jones, son of Samuel and Hannah Jones, 
was born in Windsor, Oct. 11, 1792; res. first in Hills- 
borough, and afterward in Washington, on a farm which 
was afterward owned by the town. He was a prominent 
citizen and held the commission of captain in the state 
militia. Some of the older citizens of the town trained 
under him in their youth. After a time he removed to 
Mass., but returned to Stoddard, where he d., March 27, 
1850, aged 57 years. The children of Chauncey and 
Matilda (Spaulding) Jones were : — 

I. 

Leonard, b. Hillsborough, July 10, 18 14. 

II. 

Luman, b. W., July 14, 1816. 

III. 

Loren, b. W., Oct. 6, 1818. 

Solomon Jones was born in April, 1741, probably in 
Weston, Mass. He married Bulah Stratton, who was b. 
Jan. 17, 1744. He removed to Hillsborough, N. H., be- 
fore his death, and d. there, Feb. 18, 1806. His wife died 
in Washington, June 28, 1832. 

Their son, Moses Jones, was b. in Weston, Mass., June 
20, 1763, and was married at Weston, May 12, 1786, to 
Hepzibah Dilloway. Directly after his marriage he re- 
moved to Hillsborough, N. H., and after residing a short 



49^ HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

time on Bible Hill, settled in the same town, on the high- 
lands, a mile and a half south of East Washington village. 
The farm, though long since deserted, is still well known 
as the " Tenney Place." He resided there until about 
the year 1817, when he removed to the east part of Wash- 
ington, and fixed his residence, where Chas. W. J. Fletch- 
er now lives. He afterward resided on the farm previous- 
ly occupied by Charles Brown, and which was long the 
home of his son, Simon W. Jones. 

His wife died in Hillsborough, in Jan., 1801, and he m. 
Catharine, dau. of Dea. Wm. Graves of W., Feb. 9, 1802. 
He died in Washington, May 7, 1840. Catharine, his 
wife, d. Jan. 21, 1865. Children : — 

(1st wife) 
I. 

Moses, Jr., b. Hillsborough, Aug. 10, 1787; settled in 
Brookline, Mass., and was engaged in market gardening. 
He was a successful business man, and amassed a large 
fortune. 

II. 

Charles, b. Hillsborough, Sept. 25, 1789; m. Abigail 
Severns, a native of Westford, Mass., in 1809. They 
resided a short time after marriage in Ro.xbury, Mass., 
but removed to Washington about the year 1812, and set- 
tled on the hill, two miles south of East Washington. 
He was the first settler on the farm. He was a respect- 
ed and prominent citizen, and often held town office. He 
continued to reside on the place where he settled until 
near the close of his life, when he removed to Hills- 
borough, with his son, Wm. F. Jones, with whom he re- 
sided, and died there, Dec. 12, 1872. His wife died in 
Hillsborough, Oct. 4, 1878. Children: — 

(i) Abigail S., b. Roxbury, Mass., March 26, 1810; 
m. Nathaniel B. Wilson, Apr. 29, 1830. After res. in 
various places in New England, they settled in the West. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 499 

She died in Terra Haute, Ind., June 13, 1880. Her hus- 
band died in the same city, Jan. 20, 1884. 

(2) Adaline B., b. Roxbury, Mass., June 18, 1811 ; m. 
Wm. L. Woods ; res. in Washington, also in Canada and 
the West; d. in W., July 25, 1880. 

(3) Charles, b. Washington, Sept. 12, 1812 ; m. Clar- 
issa Cutler, Sept. 12, 1838 ; res. in Hillsborough a short 
time, but for many years has been a resident of Woburn, 
Mass. Children : — 

1 Solomon H., b. Hillsborough, June 14, 1839. 

2 Moses F., b. Woburn, Mass., May 12, 1842. 

3 Charles S., b. Woburn, Mass., Dec. 6, 1844. 

4 Susie C, b. Woburn, Mass., Oct. 31, 1857. 

(4) Samuel, b. W., March 29, 18 14; d. Apr. 15, 18 14. 

(5) Martha J., b. W., March 23, 1815 ; m. George 
Smith of Milford, Jan. 15, 1839. After his death she m. 
Simeon Buck of Windsor, Jan. 24, i860. She now res. in 
Bennington. 

(6) Catharine M., b. W., Sept. 23, 1816; m. Sylvester 
Dean, in 1839, and res. in Burlington, and Woburn, Mass. 
After her husband's death she m. Henry Train of W., in 
1 861. She d. in W., March 22, 1886. 

(7) Wm. F., b. W., May i, 1818; m. Ruth A. Wheel- 
er, Apr. 18, 1 841 ; res. in W., Baltimore, Md., and Hills- 
borough, N. H. During his res. in W. and Hillsborough, 
he was engaged the most of his time in farming. While 
in Baltimore he was engaged in trade. He d. in Hills- 
borough, June 21, 1872. His widow res. in Woburn, 
Mass. Children : — 

I Charlie A., b. W., Sept. 9, 1847; m. Emily E. Tidd, 
of Woburn, Mass., Aug. 3, 1870; res. in Woburn, Mass., 
and is engaged in business in Boston. Their children, 
Emily, Anna and Amilia, were all born May 23, 18^3. 
They all died the same day. 



500 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

2 Kate A., b. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 13, 1856; res. in 
Woburn, Mass. 

(8) Henry D., b. W., March 21, 1821 ; m. Susan 
Nichols, and res. in Hill, N. H. He d. Oct. 6, 1857. 

(9) Joannah, b. W., March 7. 1822 ; d. March 14, 
1822. 

(10) Mary D., b. W., June 17, 1823 ; m. Henry Tay- 
lor, Dec. 22, 1842. They have since resided in Woburn, 
Mass. 

(11) Joseph C, b. W., May 25, 1825; m. Clara H. 
Dow of W., Jan. 28, 1847. She died in W., Sept. 16, 
1865. His second marriage was to Mrs. Mary F. Morrill, 
widow of Frank L. Morrill, Oct. 16, 1866. He resided 
many years in Washington, where he was an influential 
citizen. He served as selectman, and represented the 
town in the legislature. In his youth and early manhood, 
he was a noted sportsman, and few were his equal with 
the gun and rod. In 1866 he settled in ClaremOnt, where 
he still resides. Children : — 

(1st wife) 

1 Clark C, b. W., Dec. 28, 1847; d. Nov. 14, 1859. 

2 Mary E., b. W., Aug. 4, 1852 ; d. Oct. 31, 1853. 

3 Fred D., b. W., Nov. 6, 1861 ; d. Apr. 29, 1863. 

(2nd wife) 

4 Gertrude B., b. Claremont, Sept. 9, 1871. 

(12) Nancy A., b. W., Aug. 28, 1827; m. Gilbert H. 
Buzzell, May 25, 1847; res. in Concord. 

(13) Eliza A., b. W., Oct. 29, 1829; m. Edward W. 
Dodge, Dec. 11, 1849; res. in Sutton, Bradford, and Fran- 
cestown, the last named town being their present place 
of residence. 

(14) Moses G., b. W., Dec. 2, 1831 ; d. Apr. 18, 1834. 

III. 
William, b. Hillsborough, Oct. — , 1791 ; removed to 
South Boston, Mass., where he died. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 5OI 

IV. 

Isaac, b. Hillsborough, Jan. 7, 1795 ; m. Smith 

of Hillsborough ; res. for a time in Hillsborough, but re- 
moved to the State of New York, where he died. 

V. 

Mary D., b. Hillsborough, June 10, 1797; m. Alfred 
Gordon of W., Mar. 24, 1824; resided some years in W.; 
removed to Illinois, and died in Griggsville, in that state, 
Apr. 24, 1867. 

VI. 

Martha, b. Hillsborough, Apr. 3, 1799; m. Asa Kim- 
ball, and res. in Henniker. 

(2nd wife) 

VII. 

Solomon E., b. Hillsborough, Sept. 13, 1803; m. Har- 
riet L. Smith of Sharon, Mass., June 9, 1831. In youth, 
he removed to East Washington, with his parents, and 
there spent the remainder of his life. He was engaged 
in farming a short time after his marriage, but soon pur- 
chased the store at East Washington, which had pre- 
viously been occupied by Cooledge, Graves & Co. He 
continued in trade in the same place until a short time 
before his death. Probably no one was ever more deeply 
interested in all that pertains to the welfare of Washing- 
ton than he. To him there was no other place so dear as 
Washington. During his early life he was a very popu- 
lar and successful teacher in the district schools of Wash- 
ington and vicinity, and later in life was called to fill all 
the important offices of the town. He was the friend 
and promoter of all worthy causes. Genial and cordial 
with all, he won respect and love. He died July 19, 1871. 
His widow still resides in Washington. Children : — 

(i) Harriet A., b. W., Sept. 23, 1834; d. Sept. 25, 
1837. 



502 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(2) Amos B., b. W., Jan. 27, 1837; graduated at 
Dartmouth College, in 1861 ; was an officer in Berdan's 
famous regiment of sharpshooters, during the Rebellion ; 
m. Emma, dau. of B. H. Smith of Charleston, West 
Virginia, in Mar., 1864; has been engaged in various 
mining and railroad enterprises, in North Carolina, Mexi- 
co, and other places. He resides in Charleston, W. Va. 
(See Military History.) Their only Child is : — 

I Lana N., b. Jan., 1865. 

(3) Julia A., b. W., Jan. 3, 1841 ; graduated at New 
London Literary and Scientific Institution (now Colby 
Academy), in 1861 ; was principal of Rumford Grammar 
School, in Concord ; m. Samuel A. Duncan, a native of 
Meriden, N. H., Dec. 25, 1867. They have resided in 
Washington, D. C, and Brooklyn, N. Y., and at present 
reside at Englewood, New Jersey. 

VIII. 
Simon W., b. Hillsborough, Feb. 6, 1805 ; m. Eliza G., 
dau. of Benjamin Newman, Jr., of Washington, June 4, 
1828. He spent the most of his life in Washington, 
where he was an influential citizen. He was a man of 
marked ability, and was very frequently elected to impor- 
tant offices in the gift of the town. In early life he 
taught many schools, and was considered to be one of the 
best instructors in the region. The most of his married 
life was spent at East Washington, on the pleasant farm 
where his father spent the later years of his life. He 
died Dec. 10, 1882. His wife died Jan. i, 1875. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Sarah N., b. W., July 23, 1829 ; m. Cornelius Cool- 
edge, July 8, 1855; res. in Hillsborough. 

(2) Lovilla G., b. W., Dec. 11, 1831 ; m. Fred H. Bai- 
ley, Sept. 10, 1855 ; res. in Chicago, III, where she d., 
Sept. 20, 1868. 

(3) Moses E., b. W., Aug. 24, 1834; d. Sept. 7, 1834. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 503 

(4) Hiram J., b. W., Aug. ii, 1835; m. Cornelia Ford 
of Nashville, Tenn., June 4, 1857 ; resided for a time 
in Nashville, Tenn., but for many years have res. in Chi- 
cago, 111, He holds the important position of Suprien- 
tendent of Special Assessments in the Department of Pub- 
lic Works, in Chicago. Children : — 

1 Annie W., b. Nashville, Tenn., Apr. 23, 1858. 

2 Delia L., b. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 5, 1863. 

3 Ford, b. Nashville, Tenn., July 17, 1867. 

4 Cornelia C, b. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 19, 1874. 

(5) Belinda N., b. W., Aug. 14, 1839; ^- Charles C. 
Chase, of Chicago, III, Jan. 26, 1874; resided at Lake 
View, III, where she died, Feb. 4, 1883. 

(6) Jane G., b. W., Apr, 24, 1842; m. Luther Rawson, 
Nov. 21, 1872; res. in Miss.; d. at Lake View, III, 
July 18, 1876. Their son, Robert J. Rawson, was born 
at Washington, Nov. i, 1873. 

IX. 

Nathaniel G., b. Hillsborough, May 20, 1806; m. 
Asenath, dau. of Thaddeus Graves of W., Dec. 21, 1826. 
She d. Feb. 9, 1843, and he was married to Elvira, dau. of 
Richard Gage, of Wilton, June 7, 1843. Nearly all his 
life has been spent in W., where he has enjoyed the re- 
spect and confidence of his townsmen. He has held 
much ofifice, including that of selectman, and representa- 
tive in the legislature. He is an active member of the 
church and holds the ofifice of deacon in the Baptist 
church at East Washington. Children : — 

(1st wife) 

(i) Thaddeus A., b. Hillsborough, March 18, 1828; 
m. Emily M. Magee, Nov. 13, i860; res. at White Sul- 
phur Springs, Va., for a time, but since 1863 has resided 
in Washington, D. C, where he is in government employ 
at the Capitol. Children : — 



504 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

1 James G., b. White Sulphur Springs, Va., Jan. 16, 
1862. 

2 Harry T., b. Washington, D. C, Dec. 30, 1863. 

3 Josephine E., b. *' Dec. 24, 1865. 

4 Stewart A., b. " March 7, 1868. 

5 Thaddeus M., b. " Nov. 8, 1870. 

6 Frank A., b. " June 3, 1872. 

7 Fred C, b. " June 3, 1872. 

8 Emi'lie M., b. " May 29, 1877. 

9 Wallace St. C, b. " June 17, 1879. 

(2) Julia A., b. Brookline, Mass., Sept. 7, 1831 ; m. 
Andrew J. Putney, Jan. 2, 1856; res. in Hillsborough. 

(3) Cordelia J., b. Washington, March 2, 1834; m. 
John Q. A. French, Jan. 2, 1856; res. in Hillsborough. 

(4) William G., b. W., Feb. 12, 1836; m. Lucinda M. 
Garcelon, March 10, 1873.; res. in Cambridge, Mass. He 
has been engaged in hotel business a considerable portion 
of his life. Children : — 

1 Ethel G., b. Cambridge, Mass., July 19, 1874. 

2 Nathaniel G., b. " Nov. 6, 1875. 

3 Gary G., b. " Nov. 29, 1877. 

4 Selma N., b. " July 24, 1880. 

Two daughters of his wife, by a former husband, Emily 
M., and Annie G. Jones. 

(2ud wife) 

(5) Ellen E., b. W., Nov. 14, 1844; res. in Nashua. 

(6) George S., b. W., Feb. 28, 1847 ; m. Flora Fone, 
Feb. 14, 1871 ; res. in Boston and is engaged in hotel 
business. ' - 

(7) Kate A., b. W., Apr. 21, 1851 ; d. Apr. 29, 1868. 

(8) Alice E., b. W., May 6, 1861 ; m. Fred Brockway 
of Hillsborough, in 1876; res. in Hillsborough. 

(9) Fred E., b. W., Dec. 13, 1863 ; at present res. in 
Hillsborough. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 505 

X. 

Hiram, b. Hillsborough, May 17, 1808; m. Diadema 
Rand of Hillsborough; settled in Alton, 111., where he d., 
Sept. 10, 1843, leaving one son, who has since died. 

XL 

Catharine M., b. Hillsborough, Feb. 22, 1814; m. Gil- 
man Spaulding of Lempster, Nov. 7, 1834. After his 
death, she m. Stephen F. Farrar, Oct. 19, 1848 ; res. in W. 
Her husband d. March 20, 1884. 

XII. 

Amos B., b. Hillsborough, May 7, 181 5; m. Clarissa 
Millard of Conn., in Apr., 1841 ; res. in Washington, and 
Burlington, Vt.; d. in Burlington, in 1878. His widow 
still res. in Burlington. 

XIII. 

Eliza A., b. Washington, March 15, 1820; m. Samuel 
Gage, in 1836; res. in W., where she d., Dec. 25, 1869. 

Bela T. Jones was b. in Ashby, Mass., Sept. 7, 1792. 
He married Cynthia Jones of Madison, Me., Dec. 25, 
18 1 5, and res. in Maine several years after marriage. He 
subsequently removed to Vermont, where the remainder 
of his life was spent. He d. in Barton, Vt., Nov. 4, 1866. 
His widow removed to Washington, N. H., in 1868, where 
she resided with her daughters until her death, which oc- 
curred Apr. 17, 1885. Four of the children of Bela T., 
and Cynthia Jones have res. in Washington. 

I. 

Huldah, b. Berlin, Vt., Feb. 23, 1826; m. Charles E. 
Cleasby, June 7, 1846. She has res. in Washington since 
1868. 

II. 

Mary, b. Berlin, Vt., Sept. 14, 1827; res. in W. since 
1868, and with her sister, Mrs. Cleasby, tenderly cared 
for her mother until her death. 



506 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

HI. 

Charles W., b. Irasburg, Vt, June 14, 1830; m. Ade- 
line F. Chase, Oct. 5, 1857. His second wife was Mrs. 
Laura Chamberlain, whom he m. Aug. 6, 1872. He came 
to W. in 1876, where he has res. most of the time since, 
engaged in blacksmithing. 

IV. 

Ellen L., b. Irasburg, Vt, Apr. 26, 1837 ; m. Enoch G. 
Barker, and has res. some years in W. They now reside 
in Nashua. 

KNIGHT. 

Alonzo Knight, son of Lysander Knight, was b. in 
Sharon, Vt, May 6, 1836. He married Nancy M. But- 
man of Hartland, Vt., Jan. i, 1857. He came to Wash- 
ington to reside, in 1868. During the Rebellion he served 
in the fourteenth N. H. regiment. Children : — 

I. 

Jennie M., b. Cornish, Aug. 17, i860. 

II. 
Hattie A., b. Cornish, Apr. 4, 1862. 

III. 
James F., b. Cornish, Aug. 13, 1865. 

IV. 
Lula B., b. Cornish, June 17, 1867. 

V. 
Forest C, b. Washington, Dec. 20, 1871. 



LAWRENCE. 

The family name of Lawrence is of ancient origin. It 
is said to have existed in Italy, before the founding of 
Rome, and appeared in England, in the sixth century, its 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 507 

first representative there being the second arch bishop of 
Canterbury. 

The family is distinguished in English history. Robert 
Lawrence, who was born in 1150, was so conspicuous in 
the Crusades as to become the recipient of Knighthood, 
and was afterward known as Sir Robert of Ashton Hall. 

John Lawrence', a descendant of Sir Robert, and son 
of Henry and Mary Lawrence, was born in Wisset, Eng- 
land, and was baptised Oct. 8, 1609. He came to Amer- 
ica, and settled at Watertown, Mass., in 1630. 

NathanieP, son of John Lawrence, was born in Oct., 
1639, and res. in Groton, Mass. 

John^, son of Nathaniel Lawrence, was born July 29, 
1667. 

Thomas^ son of John Lawrence^, was born Nov. 6, 1687. 

Jonathan', son of Thomas Lawrence, was born Sept. 2, 
1725. He married Esther Shedd, and resided in Groton, 
Mass. 

William^ son of Jonathan and Esther (Shedd) Lawrence, 
was born in Groton, Mass., Dec. 4, 1762. He married 
Sarah, dau. of Dea. Thomas Farwell, and resided in Groton 
several years, but came to Washington to reside about the 
year 1794. He built the Brainard Tavern, and was its 
proprietor several years. He then left Washington and 
resided for a time in Concord, Mass. In 18 12 he settled 
in Antrim, where he was engaged in hotel business. In 
1 8 18, he again settled in Washington, which was his home 
the remainder of his life. He died Oct. 24, 1830, aged 
68 yrs. His wife d. Aug. 8, 1850, in Nashua, aged 82 yrs. 
Children : — 

I. 

Sarah, b. Groton, Mass., 1787; m. Sylvester Hubbard 
of W.; d. in Hillsborough, in 1824. 

II. 

Edmund, b. Groton, Mass., 1793; resided some years 
in Washington; d. in West Dennis, Mass., in 1854. 



508 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

III. 

Mary, b. Washington, 1795 ; m. Dea. Samuel Burbank 
of W., Nov. 28, 1821 ; res. in W., where she d., Apr. 17, 
1876. 

IV. 

William F., b. W., 1803 ; m. Mary L. Churchill, a native 
of West Fairlee, Vt.; res. in Nashua, where he was a 
prominent citizen; d. in 1856. 

Willard Lawrence resided in Washington near the close 
of the last century. The records of W. contain the names 
of children as follows : — 

I. 

Willard, Jr., b. Feb. 2, 1792. 

II. 
James, b. Oct. 18, 1793. 

Ill- 
Gardner, b. Oct. 16, 1795. 

IV. 

Lyndia, b. Mar. 24, 1801. 

LAWS. 

Thomas Laws, son of Thomas and Mary Laws, was 
born in Ashby, Mass., May 1 1, 1797. When a small child 
his parents removed to Peterborough, N. H. In 1823, he 
came to Washington and engaged in the manufacture of 
card boards, on Water St., at the center of the town. He 
was a man of much enterprise, and was one of the lead- 
ing business men in town. He was at one time a member 
of the governor's staff, with the rank of colonel, and by 
that title he was generally known. He married Abigail 
B. Atkinson of Canterbury, N. H. Her death occurred 
Oct. 4, 1832, and he afterward married Mrs. Mary (At- 
kinson) Bean, of Canterbury, a sister of his first wife. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 509 

She died Aug. 23, 1834. His third wife was Clarissa 
Melvin of Peterborough. Col. Thomas Laws died in 
Washington, May 31, 1853. His wife died May 16, 1855. 
Children : — 

(1st wife) 
I. 
Maria, b. W., 1826; d. Dec. 28, 1827, aged 14 mos. 

II. 
Mary, b. W., 1826; (twin sister of Maria); d. Mar. i, 
1 84 1, aged 14 yrs. 

III. 
Harriette, b. W. 

IV. 
Alfred, b. W.; res. in Brockton, Mass. 
(3d wife) 
V. 
Thomas M., b. W.; res. at last accounts, in Kansas. 

VI. 

Wallace, b. W. 

VII. 

Willis A., b. W., 1839; d- May 6, 1841, aged 21 mos. 

VIII. 
Clinton, b. W., Sept. i, 1844; d. Oct. 15, 1844. 

Ebenezer Laws, son of Thomas Laws, and brother of 
Col. Thomas Laws of Washington, was born in Peter- 
borough, May I, 1803. He came to Washington about 
the time that his brother. Col. Thomas Laws, settled here, 
and was employed by him until his marriage. He was 
married to Melinda Woolley of Westminster, Vt., Sept. 
24, 1830, and about that time, or shortly before, purchased 
the Burbank Mill, near the spot where the mill of New- 
man and Wiley now stands, at the center of the town. He 
carried on business in Washington until 1857, when he 
removed to Claremont, where he still resides. Children : — 



5IO HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

I. 

Charlotte, b. W., July lo, 183 1 ; d. Jan. 26, 1836. 

II. 

Sarah A., b. W., Apr., 1833; m. Geo. S. Thompson, 
Aug., 1856. 

III. 
Willard, b. W., Nov., 1835. 

IV. 
Angelia, b. W., Mar. 24, 1838; m. Jas. L. Loring, Dec. 
21, 1871. 

V. 
Calvin A., b. W., May, 1840. 

VI. 
Mason P., b. W., Jan., 1848; d. June 15, 1849. 

VII. 
Mary E., b. W., June 7, 1853; m. Edwin C. Fisher, 
Aug. 24, 1875. 

LESLIE. 

George Leslie was the son of James and Margaret 
(Sheerar) Leslie, and was born in Colerain, Ireland, about 
the year 1728. His parents emigrated to America when 
he was a year and a half old, but the place where they 
settled is not known. Young Leslie was educated at 
Harvard University, and was settled in the ministry at 
Linebrook (now Ipswich), Mass., where he preached until 
1780, when he received and accepted a call to settle in 
Washington. He was the first settled minister in Wash- 
ington, and discharged his duties with faithfulness and 
great acceptance until his death, which occurred Sept. 11, 
1800. Hepzibah, his wife, died April 11, 1814. Child- 
ren : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 511 

I. 

George, Jr., b., probably, in Ipswich, Mass.; m. Miriam 
Burpee, of W., Oct. 28, 1787, 

II. 

David, b., probably, in Ipswich, Mass.; m. Margaret 

, and res. in W., on or near the Goshen Turnpike, 

near the boundary line between W. and Goshen. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Polly, b. W., Apr. 3, 1792. 

(2) George, b. W., 1794 {?); settled in the West. 

(3^ Clarissa, b. W., Oct. 6, 1796; m. Chafy, 

and res. in Vt. 

(4) David, Jr., b. W., Oct. 16, 1797; was licensed to 
preach by the Methodist church, in 1820, and became a 
member of the N. E. Conference, in 1822 ; preached in 
New England and Canada, and, in 1837, was sent as a 
missionary to Oregon. The journey, by the way of Cape 
Horn, required nine months. This was eleven years be- 
fore the discovery of gold in California, and the whole 
Pacific coast was very sparsely inhabited, except by In- 
dians. He assisted in forming one of the first, if not 
the first protestant church on the Pacific coast, and was 
influential in the organization of Willamette University, at 
Salem, Oregon. He was president of the board of trus- 
tees of the University, twenty-five years, and, as long as 
health would permit, was a diligent and faithful minister. 
He died Mar. i, 1869. He was twice married, first in 
1827 or 1828, and again in 1844. Children : — 

(1st wife.) 

1 Satira, b. ; d. in 1843. 

2 Sarah, b. ; d. at the Sandwich Islands, aged 

14 yrs. 

3 Mary, b. Jan. 20, 1832 ; d. 1857. 

4 Melville C, b. ; d. young. 

5 Helen J., b. in Oregon, in June, 1839. 

6 Aurelia, b. " ; d. 1843. 



512 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(2nd wife) 

7 Sarah, b. Oregon ; d. in infancy. 

8 Emma, b. " ; d. in infancy. 

(5) Nancy, b. W., May 24, 1803 ; d. Apr. 11, 1804. 

(6) Benj. F., b. W., Feb. 10, 1805 ; res. in Kalamazoo, 
Mich.; d. in U. S. service during the Rebellion. 

III. 

James, b. Ipswich, Mass.; m. Hannah , and lived 

at one time in W., near Freezeland Pond. Children : — 

(i) Jonathan, b. W., Aug. 11, 1784. 

(2) Walker C, b. W., May 28, 1787. 

(3) Roxanna, b. W., July 4, 1789. 

(4) Cyrus, b. W., Nov. 12, 1791. 

IV. 

William, b. Ipswich, Mass.; m. Mary Chase of Cornish, 
and res. for a time in Cornish. His wife d. at the age of 
twenty-three years, and he removed to Ohio, and is sup- 
posed to have again married. He is said to have been 
the inventor of cut nails, but sold the right to the inven- 
tion before its perfection. By his first wife he had three 
children : — 

(i) Betsey. 

(2) Mary. 

(3) Chase ; m. Thomas of Claremont ; settled 

in Mass., and afterward in Patten, Me., where he died. 

V. 
Hepzibah, b. Ipswich, Mass., about 1770; m. Isaac 
French of Washington; res. in W., where she d., Apr. 
10, 1864, aged 94 years. 

VI. 

Joseph, b. Ipswich, Mass., Feb. 28, 1774; m. Rebecca 

Farrington, in 1801 ; was a teacher and farmer, and res. 

in Claremont and Cornish. He died in Cornish, Apr. 10, 

1852. His wife d. in Cornish, Apr. 15, 185 1. Children : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 



513 



(I 

(2 
(3 
(A. 

(s 

(6 
{7. 
(8 

(9 
(10 
^11 
(12 



Mehitable, b. Claremont, Apr. 10, 1802. 



George W. H., b. 
Alvira M., b. 
Alonzo R., b. 
Parmena M., b. 
Prudence M., b. 
Harrison, b. 
Eliakim S., b. 
Thomas H. G., b. 



Apr. 29, 1804. 
March 13, 1806, 
March 6, 1808. 
Feb. 20, 18 10. 
Apr. 27, 1812. 
June 27, 18 14. 
Feb. 19, 1 8 16, 
Feb. 5, 18 1 8. 



Joseph L., b. Cornish, Sept. 15, 1821. 
Charles E., b. " June 22, 1823. 

Norman L., b. " Aug. 8, 1825. 

VII. 

Mehitable, b. Ipswich, Mass., about 1779; m. John 
Pressy, and res. in Claremont ; d. in Claremont, about 
the year 18 15. 

VIII. 

Elizabeth, b. Washington, May 27, 1782 ; always res. 
in W., where she died. 



LEWIS. 

John Lewis, "Dea. Lewis," as he was generally called, 
appears to have been a native of Southampton, Mass., and 
was born Nov. 7, 1770. He married Hannah Flanders, 
and resided for a time in Henniker, but settled in Hills- 
borough, about the year 1798. After residing in Hills- 
borough some years, he settled in Washington, some three 
miles south of East Washington, on the road leading from 
that village to the Turnpike. He afterwards resided on 
the Turnpike, where Woodbury Dresser now lives, and 
there died, June 17,' 1847. His wife died Sept. 14, 1856. 
Children : — 

I. 

Timothy, b. Henniker, Nov. 24, 1792; m. Sarah Rines, 



514 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

and res. in W.; d. Nov. 10, 1865. His wife d. Dec. 18, 
1879. Children: — 

(i) David W., b. W., Dec. 18, 1826 ; was a soldier in 
8th Vt. reg't; d. July 10, 1864. 

(2) Stephen L., b. W., July 13, 1828; m. Nancy J. 
George of Chelsea, Vt, July 26, 1857. She d. Mar. 4, 
1876. His second marriage was to Abbie F. Hildreth, 
June 10, 1878. He was for twenty years on the police 
force of Boston, but now res. in Hillsborough. 

(3) Harriet L., b. W., Feb. 8, 1831 ; m. Lyman Den- 
nison, Feb. 17, 1856. 

(4) Leonard R., b, W., May 23, 1835 ; was a soldier 
in the 8th Vt. reg't during the Rebellion ; d. May 22, 1864. 

(5) Edwin N., b. Sept., 1837; m. Susie Marple, and 
afterward Elizabeth Marple ; served in 3d Mass. Battery, 
during the Rebellion ; d. Apr. 5, 1862. 

II. 

John, b. Henniker, Mar. 22, 1795 ; m. Joanna Holt, of 
Lempster, May 6, 181 7; res. in Washington, Goshen and 
Wilton, the last named town being his present place of 
res. His wife d. Dec, 1885, aged 88 yrs. Children : — 

(i) Jane, b. Lyndeborough, Apr. 21, 18 19; m. 

Harwood ; res. in Nashua. 

(2) Abner K., b. W., Jan. 10, 1821 ; res. in Milford. 

(3) Calvin H., b. W., Mar. 27, 1825 ; res. in Wilton. 

III. 

Betsey, b. Henniker ; d. in early womanhood. 

IV. 

Joseph, b. Hillsborough, May 9, 1800; m. Abigail, dau. 
of Nehemiah Jones, in 1824 ; res. in W., where he d., May 
2, 1866. His wife d. in Campello, Mass., Oct. 21, 1878. 
Children : — 

(i) Cyrus J., m. Sarah Greeley; d. in Brockton, Mass., 
in 1885, aged about 61 yrs. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 515 

(2) Abigail M., m, Horace Atwood ; d. in W., Apr. 
18, 1 87 1, aged 44 yrs. 6 mos. , 

V. 

Daniel N., b. Hillsborough, about 1802; m. Mary, dau. 
of Nehemiah Jones, in 1825 ; res. in W., where he died, 
Apr. 23, 1859, aged 57 yrs. His wife d< in W., Mar. 11, 
1872. Children: — 

(i) Thomas J., b. W., 1824; d. in Reading, Mass., in 
1848. 

(2) Luman P., b. W., 1829; d. Jan. 22, 1850, aged 20 
yrs. 5 mos. 

(3) D. Perkins, b. VV., May 4, 1832 ; m. Hattie C, dau. 
of John and Sarah Lincoln, Dec. 9, 1858 ; res. in Boston ; 
d. June 20, 1876. 

(4) S. Jay, b. W., July 4, 1835 ; d. Jan. 30, 1862. 

(5) Ellen M., b. W., Oct., 1844; res. in Cambridge, 
Mass. 

(6) Julia J., b. W., 1849; d. in W., Oct. 4, 1872, aged 
23 yrs. 6 mos. 

VI. 

Lorinda, b. Hillsborough, May 30, 1808; m. Woodbury 
Dresser, of W., Nov. 17, 1832; res. in W. 

VII. 

Lyman S., b. Hillsborough, Feb. 16, i^io; m. Eliza B. 
Lewis, a native of Brownfield, Me., in Nov., 1831 ; res. in 
W., some years ; now res. in Hillsborough. Children : — 

(i) Harris A. P., b. W., Sept., 1832; d. in 1843. 

(2) Isabel L., b. W., April 13, 1836; res. in Hills- 
borough. 

(3) Harris A. P., b. W., May 21, 1844; m. Melissa M. 
Davis in 1872. 

VIII. 

Phebe, b. ; m. Silas Thompson. 



5l6 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

LINCOLN. 

The Lincoln families of Washington and Hillsborough, 
are, without doubt, descendants of Thomas Lincoln 
(cooper), who appeared in Hingham, Mass., between the 
y.ears 1635 and 1640. Four men, each bearing the name 
of Thomas Lincoln, settled in Hingham, about the time 
mentioned, and were distinguished by their occupations, 
'To Thomas, the cooper, was granted a tract of land in 
Hingham, in 1636. 

• Joseph, second son of Thomas Lincoln, was born in 
Hingham, Mass., in 1640, and married Prudence Ford, of 
Weymouth. His second wife was Sarah Bisbee, of 
Marshfield, Mass. 

Joseph, Jr., son of Joseph and Prudence Lincoln, was 
born in Hingham, March 13, 1683, and removed to 
Abington, Mass. 

Elisha, son of Ezekiel and Miriam Lincoln, was born 
in Abington, Mass., Sept. 22, 1759. He m. Tabitha 
Reed, Oct. 5, 1779, and after residing a short time in 
Abington, removed to Bedford, N. H., and later to Wash- 
ington, with his son, David, where he died. 

David Lincoln, son of Elisha and Tabitha Lincoln, was 
born in Abington, Mass., July 17, 1780, and at an early 
age removed to Bedford, N. H., with his parents. About 
the year 1802, he removed to East Washington, accom- 
panied by his parents, and fixed his residence on the 
farm which he purchased of "Dr." Kelley, .and which 
was originally occupied by Rufus Brockway. He con- 
tinued to reside where he first settled, the remainder of 
his life. The farm was for many years the home of Isaac 
N. Gage, who went there to reside a few years before 
Capt. Lincoln's death. David Lincoln was m. Nov. 29, 
1804, to Mehitable, dau. of Wm. French, of Bedford. 
He never had children, but his kindness of heart led him 
to adopt several, whom he treated witli the same care 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 51/ 

which they would have received had they been his own. 
He was engaged for some time in freighting between 
East Washington and Boston, before the days of rail- 
roads in New Hampshire. He was active in the state 
militia and held the rank of captain, by which title he 
was generally known. He d. July 5, 1842. His wife d. 
Dec. 13, 1843. 

Elisha Lincoln, previously mentioned, who was born in 
Hingham, Mass., Oct. 2, 1692, married Melia Whitcomb, 
Jan. 10, 1 72 1. They lived for a time in Hingham, and 
then removed to the neighboring town of Weymouth. 

John, fifth child of Elisha and Melia Lincoln, was born 
in Weymouth, Mass., July 12, 1732. He d. Jan. 9, 1827. 
He was the father of eleven children. Robert, oldest 
son of John Lincoln, was born May 29, 1762. He mar- 
ried Miriam Lincoln, who was b. in Abington, Mass., 
June 25, 1766. He removed to Bedford, N. H., and res. 
until 1799, when he settled in Hillsborough, on the farm 
which was long the home of his son, John Lincoln. His 
wife died Jan. 19, 1803, and he was afterward m. to Bet- 
sey Wallace. He d. in Hillsborough, in June, 1847. 
His wife d. in Jan., 1856. The children of Robert and 
Miriam Lincoln were : — 

I. 

Abigail, b. Bedford, Jan. 10, 1791 ; d. in Hillsborough, 
in 1872. 

II. 

Nancy, b. Bedford, May 2, 1793; d. in W., Nov. 20, 

1859. 

III. 

John, b. Bedford, Oct. 22, 1795 ; m. Sarah, dau. of Otis 
Howe, March 15, 1832. He spent the most of his life on 
the farm in Hillsborough, where his father settled in 
1799. In 1872 he removed to Washington, where he d., 
Sept. 27, 1877. His widow still res. in Washington. 
Children : — 



5l8 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(i) Ellen M., b. Hillsborough, May i8, 1833; m. Geo. 
F. Sleeper, Apr. 18, 1852; res. in Hillsborough. 

(2) Harriet C, b. Hillsborough, Apr. 8, 1835 ; m. D. 
Perkins Lewis, Dec. 9, 1858; res. in Boston. Her hus- 
band d. June 20, 1876, and she has since res. in Washing- 
ton. 

(3) Otis D., b. Hillsborough, May 15, 1836; m. Emily 
L. Gould of Antrim, Oct., 1861. He d. in Antrim, Mar. 
4, 1862. 

(4) Daniel A., b. Hillsborough, Dec. 8, 1837; was a 
soldier in the 8th N. H. reg't during the Rebellion, and d. 
at Carrollton, La., Nov. 29, 1862. 

(5) Sarah H., b. Hillsborough, Aug. 3, 1839; d. Sept. 
8, 1841. 

(6) Freeman B., b. Hillsborough, Apr. i, 1844; during 
the Rebellion served for a time in the ist Battalion, Heavy 
T^rtillery, Mass. Vol.; now resides in Washington. 

(7) Son, b. Hillsborough, July 16, 1845 ; d. July 18, 
1845. 

(8) Emily J., b. Hillsborough, Oct. 26, 1847; m. Frank 
D. Darrah, Feb. 17, 1874. He d. Mar, 31, 1879. She 
res. in W. 

(9) George W., b. Hillsborough, Mar. 24, 1850; m. 
Grace H. Dow of Manchester, Feb. 8, 1872. He is a 
photographer, and res. in Hillsborough. Children : — 

I Daniel C, b. Lowell, Mass., Aug. 11, 1873; ^- Sept. 
29, 1873. 

2. Lewis P., b. Manchester, Sept. 29, 1876. 
3 Grace M., b. Hillsborough, Sept. 16, 1879. 

(2ud wife) 

IV. 

Joanna, b. Hillsborough, June 26, 1817; m. ist, Jason 
Marshal], and for her second husband, Tilly Wheeler ; res. 
in Londonderry. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 519 

LOWELL. 

Ebenezer Lowell, one of the early settlers of Washing- 
ton, came from New Ipswich, and settled on the farm 
which was later the home of Thomas Penniman. After 
res. in Washington some years, he returned to the vicinity 
of New Ipswich. 

Several of the children of Ebenezer Lowell also settled 
in Washington, viz: Simon, Peter and David. 

Simon Lowell, son of Ebenezer Lowell, was born in 
Groton, Mass., about the year 1749. He was one of the 
earliest settlers in Washington, and settled where Amasa 
Fairbanks now res.; and after residing there two years, 
removed to the farm now owned by his grandson, Chas. 
H. Lowell, which was afterward his home. He married 
Polly Barter of Washington, July 10, 1778, and spent the 
whole of his married life in Washington. He died May 
24, 183 1, aged 82 yrs. His wife died Aug. 15, 1829, aged 
74. Children : — 

I. 

Henry, b. W., about 1779 ; m. Abigail Cheney, a native 
of Dunstable, Mass. He resided at one time, in the 
Mountain district, on the farm once owned by Benjamin 
Newman, and later by Asa Wood. He died Mar. 5, 1839, 
aged 60 years. Children : — 

(i) Harry, b. W., ; m. Mariam, dau. of Jacob 

Wright, Jr., of W., Feb. 7, 1838; res. in Washington, 
Hillsborough and other towns ; d. in Marlow, Nov. 29, 
1858. His widow m. E. D. Elliot, and now res. in Mar- 
low. Children : — 

1 Samuel J., b. W., Oct. 11, 1838. 

2 Henry C, b. W., July 14, 1840. 

3 Clark B., b. W., Sept. 11, 1842. 

4 Melinda A., b. Francestown, Dec. 31, 1844. 

5 Mary R., b. Hillsborough, Mar. 30, 1847. 

6 Joseph W., b. W., Sept. 19, 1848. 



520 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

7 Martha C, b. Lempster, Oct. i8, 1850. 

8 Geo. W., b. Marlow, Jan. 29, 1853. 

9 Frank P., b. " Feb. 18, 1855. 
10 David G., b. " May 22, 1858. 

(2) Abigail, b. W.; d. in Dunstable, Mass. 

(3) Samuel, b. W.; d.in Bangor, Me. 

(4) Josiah, b. W.; d. in infancy. 

(5) Joseph, b. W.; d. 

II. 

John, b. W., Feb. 17, 1780 ; m. Rebecca Cheney; res. 
at Washington Center, and operated the mill on Water 
St., where Newman and Wiley's mill now stands ; d. Apr. 
ID, 1848. Children: — • 

(i) Rebecca, b. W.; m. Roswell Bingham, of Lemp- 
ster, and now resides in Acton, Mass. 

(2) John, b. W.; settled in Bangor, Me. 

(3) Abial, b. W.; settled in Oregon. 

(4) Mary, b. W.; d. in youth. 

(5) Simon, b. W.; res. in Mass. 

(6) Ezra, b. W.; settled in Albany, N. Y. 

(7) Betsey, b. W.; m. Hazelton ; res. in Nashua. 

III. 

Betsey, b. W., July 14, 1782 ; m. Nathan Wright of 
W., June 10, 1806 ; res. in W. many years, and afterward 
in Cambridgeport and Woburn, Mass.; d. in Woburn, 
Mass., Oct. II, 1863. 

IV. 

Sally, b. W., about 1784; m. Wm. Bennett, of W., 
Dec. 31, 181 7; res. in W., where she died. May 13, 1846, 
aged 62 years. 

V. 

Fanny, b. W., ; m. James C. Abbott, June 12, 

1818; res. in Lempster and Washington. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 52 1 

VI. 

Nabby, b. W., -; m. Timothy Bruce, and lived in 

Putney, Vt. 

VII. 

Charles, b. W., June 13, 1792; m. Sarah, dau. of Caleb 
Woodward, in 1818; res. in W., on the farm where his 
son, Charles H., now resides, and was an industrious and 
successful farmer. He d. Dec. 12, 1872. His wife died 
Sept. 16, 1866. Children : — 

(i) Frances S., b. W., Nov. 30, 1818 ; resided in W., 
where she d., Dec. 12, 1877. 

(2) Charles H., b. W., Dec. 10, 1822; has always res. 
in W., on the farm where he was born. He is a man of 
strict integrity, and is highly esteemed by his towns- 
people. 

Peter Lowell, son of Ebenezer Lowell, was born in 
Groton, Mass. (i*) He came to Washington from New 
Ipswich, N. H., or that vicinity, and was one of the very 
earliest settlers in town. He is said to have been a 
member of one of the first companies of explorers who 
visited the town after it was granted to Kidder. They 
reached the region of Millen Pond late in the afternoon, 
pitched their tents, and turned out their horses to browse 
the trees and grass. 

•The next day, Peter Lowell was left in charge of the 
camp, while the rest of the company scattered in the 
woods to explore the region. Before noon they returned, 
bringing with them some of the handsomest brook trout 
they had ever seen. Their pork and beans, which had 
been prepared, were quickly set aside, and the company 
sat down to as fine a dinner of trout as they ever tasted. 

Peter Lowell settled on the farm, now the home of 
Chas. H. Lowell, which has been in the possession of the 
Lowell family ever since its settlement. He afterward 
removed to Lempster, and died there. 



522 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

David Lowell, son of Ebenezer Lowell, was b. in Gro- 
ton, Mass. (.'') He came to Washington, where he held 
office as early as 1777. He resided on Penniman Hill 
some years, and afterward removed from town. Child- 
ren : — 

I. 

David, Jr., b. ; m. Phebe , and res. in 

Washington. Children : — 

(1) Patty, b. W., Apr. 19, 1781. 

(2) Willard, b. W., Apr. 16, 1783. 

Samuel Lowell, nephew of Ebenezer, and cousin of 
Simon, David and Peter Lowell, came to Washington 
early in its history, and m. Olive Wright, a sister of Col. 
Jacob Wright. He settled first on Penniman Hill, but 
later resided at the southwest part of the town, near the 
place where Col. Jacob Wright settled. He died Feb. 8, 
1800. He is said to have been present at the surrender 
of Fort Wm. Henry, during the French and Indian war. 
Children : — 

I. 
Ziba, b. W., Dec. 30, 1781. 

II. 
Francis, b. W., Dec. 26, 1784. 

III. 
Samuel, Jr., b. W., July 4, 1787; settled in Plattsburg, 
N..Y. 

IV. 
Sally, b. W., June 18, 1790; d. Apr. 12, 1799. 

V. 
Moses, b. W., Sept. 29, 1792; m. Sally, dau. of Arte- 
mas Manning of W., and res. at the south part of the 
town. His wife d. May 4, 1835, and "he afterward mar- 
ried Nancy Jenkins. He was a man of good mind and 
was well educated. Li early life he was a successful and 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 523 

popular teacher in his native town. He d. in W., Nov. 
24, 1877. His children, all by his first wife, were : — 

(i) Sylvania, b. W. ; m. Heman Farnum, May 19, 
1847 '\ '"ss. in Marlow. 

(2) Artemas, b. W.; res. in Marlow. 

(3) Romulus, b. W.; res. in Marlow. 

(4) Remus, b. W.; d. in Marlow. 

(5) Philomenia, b. W.; m. Nathaniel R. Ring, June 
II, 1848, and res. in Boston. 

(6) Lucelia, b. W.; d. in Stoddard. 

VI. 
Abraham, b. W., Oct. 2, 1794; was a physician, and 
res. in Chester, Vt. 

VII. 
Patty, b. W., April 15, 1797; res. in W., and Chester, 
Vt., d. in W., Apr. 2, 1878. 

VIII. 
Polly, b. W., Apr. 15, 1797. ' 

IX. 
Philota, b. W., July 2, 1800. 

LULL. 

Nathaniel F. Lull, son of David Lull, was born in 
Weare, Jan. 8, 1793. He married Margaret Steele, a na- 
tive of Washington, Nov. 27, 18 17. She d. May 30, 1844, 
in Unity, and he was m. to Martha Leslie, of Henniker, 
May 20, 1845. She was a grandaughter of Rev. George 
Leslie, of W. 

He res. for a time after his first marriage in Weare, 
but removed to Unity, prior to 1827. He res. in Unity 
until 1875, when he came to W., where he d., Apr, i, 
1 88 1. His wife died in W., Apr. 23, 1885. 

Nathaniel A. Lull, son of Nathaniel F. and Margaret 
Lull, was born in Unity, Nov. 12, 1827. He m. Caroline 



524 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

C. Hathorn, of Henniker, Sept. 16, 1847. For a time he 
was engaged in farming and manufacturing, and is now 
engaged in trade in Washington, having removed from 
Unity to W., in 1869. He is an active business man, and 
a prominent citizen of the town. He has held the office 
of town clerk and treasurer, and representative in the 
legislature. Children : — 

I. 

Ellen S., b. Unity, Jan. 10, 1849; d. March 15, 1854. 

11. 

Edgar A., b. Unity, Aug. 28, 1851; was engaged in 
trade ; d. in Hillsborough, Apr. 4, 1882. 

III. 

Frank E., b. Unity, March 16, 1853; res. in W., and is 
engaged in trade with his father. 

IV. 

Charles A., b. Unity, Jan. 14, 1855 ; res. in W., and is 
engaged with his father and brother in trade. 

V. 

Ellen A., b. Unity, Feb. 6, 1857; d. Oct. 15, 1864. 

VI. 
Allen E., b. Unity, Dec. 5, 1858; d. Apr. 5, 1863. 

MANK 

Nathan and Robert Mann were residents of Washing- 
ton at the time of the Revolution, and were soldiers in 
the First New Hampshire Regiment. 

Robert Mann lived at the south part of the town, near 
the old town farm, but the precise spot is not known. 
We have no record of his family. 

Nathan Mann m. Martha McColley of Hillsborough, 
Feb. 9, 1786, and went to Topsham, Vt., to reside. 
He afterward returned to Washington, and resided at the 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 525 

east part of the town, a short distance south-west of the 
residence of Weld D. Proctor. The house was long 
since demolished, and a few old apple trees are all that 
mark the spot. When away from home for the transac- 
tion of business, he d. in Dublin, June ii, 1809, aged 52 
years. 

He is said to have been an uncommonly good man, and 
when his body was being carried to his home for burial, 
some of his neighbors thought they heard strains of 
music in the skies. His wife died in Hillsborough, June 
I, 1853, aged 90 years. Children : — 

I. 

James, b. Topsham, Vt., March 9, 1787 ; m. Mary, dau. 
of Elijah Fisk, of Hillsborough, Dec. 29, 1814; res. in 
Hillsborough and Concord, N. H., and in Levant and 
Dexter, Me.; d. in Hillsborough, Apr. 6, 1868. His wife 
died in Hillsborough, Aug 17, 1880. Children : — 

(i) Mary, b. Hillsborough, Feb. 26, 18 16. 

(2) James W., b. " Dec. i, 1820. 

(3) Hannah, b. Concord, Sept. 30, 1823. 

(4) Adaline, b. Levant, Me., Apr. 14, 1830. 

(5) Franklin, b. Dexter, Me., Dec. 14, 1833. 

IL 

William, b. (probably in Topsham, Vt.,) June 22, 1788 ; 
m. Abigail, dau. of Robert Carr, Sen., of Hillsborough, 
Feb. 14, 1 8 14; res. in Fairlee, Vt, Washington, Hills- 
borough and other towns, in N. H. When a res. of W., 
he lived in the Mountain district. Children : — 

(i) Catharine C, b. Fairlee, Vt., Feb. 17, 181 5. 

(2) Elmira W., b. Windsor, N. H., Feb. 2, 18 17. 

(3) Mary B., b. Bradford, Dec. 6, 1825. 

(4) John P., b. Washington, Sept. 20, 1828. 

(5) Nathan H., b. , Oct. i, 1836. 



526 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

III. 

Anne, b. about 1793 ; d. in Hillsborough, Feb. 3, 1883, 
aged 90 years. 

IV. 
Margaret, b. about 1800; d. April 6, 1861, aged 61 yrs. 

Mary Mann of Washington, probably a sister of Nath- 
an and Robert Mann, married Thaddeus Graves of W., 
Jan. 19, 1786. They resided in Topsham, Vt., a short 
time, but chiefly in Washington, where she died, April 
29, 1839, aged 72 years. 

MANNING. 

Artemas Manning removed from Mason to Washington, 
in 1 8 16, and settled at the south-west part of the town. 
At the time of his settlement in Washington, he had a 
wife and four children. Capt. Manning, as he was called, 
continued to reside in Washington until his death, which 
occurred May 8, 1838, at the age of 72 yrs. Rhoda, his 
wife, died Feb. 17, i860, aged 97 yrs. Their children, 
probably born in Mason, were : — 

I. 

Sally, b. about 1797; m. Moses Lowell of W.; res. in 
W., where she d., May 4, 1835, aged ^,8 yrs. 

II. 

Rhoda, b. ; m. Joshua Farnum of Sullivan. 

III. 

Prudence, b. ; m. Luman Thompson of Stoddard. 

IV. 

Betsey, b. 1808; m. Ezra Wright of W., July i, 1826; 
res. in W. many years, but removed from town before her 
death, which occurred Apr. 12, 1879. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 527 

MARSHALL. 

Alonzo Marshall was born in Tunbridge, Vt., Oct. 22, 
1 8 19. His father was Walker Marshall, and was born in 
Weare, N. H., Apr. 26, 1786. He married Lucinda, dau. 
of Daniel Millen of W., May 23, 1847, and in 1850 settled 
in W., where He still resides. His wife d. Nov. 22, i860. 
His second wife was Lurinda W. Cram of Bradford, who 
died Sept. 18, 1862, Children: — 

(1st wife) 
I. 
George B., b. April 6, 1850; m. Sept. 10, 1879; ^^s. in 
Clearmont, Mo. 

II. 

Fay P., b. W., Aug. 5, 1858; res. in Kirkman, Iowa. 
(2iid wife) 
III. 
Albert C, b. W., Sept. 9, 1862; m. Minnie Bailey, in 
1881 ; res. in W. Children : — 

(i) Perley A., b. W., May 17, 1882. 
(2) Laura M., b. W., Aug. 24, 1883. 

MARTIN". 

Benjamin P. Martin was born in Weare, June 16, 18 17. 
He married Elizabeth, dau. of Ebenezer Blood of Wash- 
ington, in Oct., 1847. They resided, first in Weare, but 
soon came to Washington and settled in the Mountain dis- 
trict, on the farm once occupied by Ezra Millen. After 
residing in W^ some years, they removed to Claremont, 
where he still resides. His wife died Jan. 23, 1862. 

Children : — 

I. 

Lo villa M., b. Weare, Jan., 1849. 

II. 

Moses, b. Washington, Mar. 6, 1850; res. in Minn. 



528 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

III. 

Abner, b. W., Aug., 1853. 

IV. 
Ambrose, b. Claremont, Feb., 1858. 

V. 
Warren, b. Claremont, Jan., 1862. 

MATHER. 

Dr. Ozias Mather was born at East Haddam, Conn., in 
1787. He received his medical education at the College 
of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, and set- 
tled in Lempster, N. H., about the year 1806 or 1807, 
where he was engaged in the practice of his profession. 
He married Harriet, daughter of Jabez Brainard, of Lemp- 
ster, in 1808, and removed to Washington about the 
year 18 10, and resided in the old Brainard Tavern, at the 
center of the town. He died in Washington, Oct. 25, 
181 3. His widow died in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853. 
Children : — 

I. 

Henry B., b. Lempster, Aug., 1809; m. Ellen E. Ever- 
ett, in 1840; res. in Boston; was a commission merchant 
and was interested in the manufacture of cotton and 
woolen goods. He died Jan. 30, 1883. No Children. 

II. 

Samuel H., b. Washington, Mar. 20, 181 3 ; graduated at 
Dartmouth College, in 1834 ; studied law at Geneva, N. Y. 
and at Cleveland, Ohio, and began practice in Cleveland, 
in March, 1837; practiced his profession until 1850, when 
he was chosen one of the ofificers of the Society for 
Savings in Cleveland, a newly organized savings bank in 
that city. He has been connected with the bank unin- 
terruptedly to the present time, and since 1883, has been 
its president. The institution is one of the largest of its 





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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 529 

kind in the United States, having resources of more than 
thirteen milHons of dollars. He is the only person now 
connected with the bank, who was connected with it at its 
organization. He married Emily W. Gregory, May 9, 
1842. Children: — 

I. 
Frederic G., b. Cleveland, O., Aug. 11, 1844. 

II. 
Ellen A., b. Cleveland, O., Oct. 13, 1847. 

MAY. 

Thomas May was born in Sterling, Mass., July 26, 1757. 
He married Eunice Brooks, who was born Apr. 13, 1759. 
He removed to Hancock, N. H., about the time of his 
marriage, which must have been as early ^as 1782 or 1783. 
His children, seven in number, were born in Hancock. 

John May, third child of Thomas and Eunice May, was 
b. in Hancock, March 7, 1788. He married Betsey Brig- 
ham, March 14, 18 16. She was a native of Dublin, and 
was born Oct. 21, 1787. Their entire married life was 
spent in Washington, where he was engaged in farming 
and the hotel business. He first lived on the Goshen 
Turnpike, three and a half miles from the center of the 
town, near the present residence of John I^. Butterfield. 
There he kept one of the old time taverns, which was 
patronized by teamsters, who carried the produce from 
the upper towns to Boston, and brought back groceries 
and other supplies from the city. He afterward kept the 
hotel at the center of the town, in company with Asaph 
Wilson. The last years of his life were spent on the 
place now the home of Shubael W. Hurd. He was an 
active business man, and held the office of selectman sev- 
eral years. He d. Sept. 18, 1864. His wife d. May. 19, 
185 1. Children: — 



530 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

I. 

Abigail E., b. W., May ii, 1817 ; m. Joshua L. Jaquith, 

; res. in W. 

II. 
Maria E., b. W., Feb. 9, 1821 ; m. Geo. W. Newman, 
Jan. II, 1849; ^6S- ^^ ^^• 

III. 
Mary ]., b. W., Aug. 23, 1824; m. James Newman, 
Oct. 31, 1844; d. Feb. I, 1847 

IV. 

Clara H., b. W., Apr. 22, 1827; m. Shubael W. Hurd, 
Feb. 21, 1854; res. in W. 

Mc ADAMS. 

Samuel McAdams' was born of Scotch parents, in 
Londonderry, Ireland, in 17 16. He came to this country 
in 1740, and settled in Windham, N. H. 

Samuel McAdams, Jr.^, son of Samuel Mc A dams', re- 
sided in Windham, and was the father of 

James McAdams^ who was born in Windham, June 3, 
1787. He m. Jane Clyde, and res. in Dorchester, Hills- 
borough, Bradford and Stoddard. He settled in Wash- 
ington in 1827, where the remainder of his life was 
spent. Children : — 

I. 

John A., b. Dorchester, N. H.; came to W., where he 
died. 

II. 

Anna H., b. Dorchester, June 21, 1809; res. in W., 
where she died, in Oct., 1878. 

III. 

Daniel, b. Dorchester, March 19, 1812 ; m.^Sabrma 
Hall, dau. of Samuel Hall of W.; res. in W. Children : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 53 1 

(i) Harriet, b. W., Sept. 14, 1839 ! d. Feb. 11, 1S75. 

(2) Lorana, b. W., June 27, 1841 ; m. Henry Wheeler, 
in 1865 ; re%. in Lowell, Mass.; d. Aug. 18, 1870. 

(3) Horace, b. W., Dec. 6, 1844; m. Mrs. Nancy- 
Nichols, widow of Henry Nichols of Bradford, in 1879 y 
res. in W. Children : — 

1 Hattie J., b. W., Nov. 17, 1879. 

2 Son, b. W., , 1886. • 

IV. 

Cyrus, b. Hillsborough, Oct. 9, 1814 ; married Elvira 
Holmes of Stoddard, July 19, 1866; res. in W. Child:- — 

(i) Elbridge, b. Stoddard, Oct. 6, 1868. 

V. 
Abigail, b. 1821 ; d. 1825. 

McILVAINE. 

Daniel Mcllvaine', was of Scotch parentage, and came 
to this country about the year 1740. He settled in 
Windham, N. H., where he m. Mary Smith. 

Robert^, son of Daniel and Mary Mcllvaine, was born 
in Windham, Sept. 19, 1748; m. Jane McAdams, Dec. 
30, 1773, and settled in Antrim, in 1785. 

Daniel^, son of Robert and Jane Mcllvaine, was born 
in Windham, Oct. 24, 1785 ; married Hannah Barker, 
Jan. 28, 1808 ; res. in Antrim, where he d., Feb. 25, 1833. 
His wife died June 15, 1867. 

John Mcllvaine^ son of Daniel and Hannah (Barker) 
Mcllvaine, was born in Antrim, Apr. 28, 1820; m. Jane 
Little of Antrim, Apr. 23, 1846. She d. Apr. 28, 1849, 
and he was m. to Elmina, dau. of Capt. Dexter Sweet of 
Washington, March 24, 1850. He came to Washington 
in 1 84 1, where, with the exception of one year, he has 
since resided. He is a respected and enterprising citi- 



532 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

zen, and has been frequently called upon to fill important 
ofifice, including that of selectman and rejiresentative in 
the legislature. Child, by first wife : — 

I. 

John S., b. Antrim, Apr. i8, 1849; ^- Abby H., dau. 
of Nathan Cram, May 16, 1871. She died in W., June 
12, 1883, and he was m. to Mrs. Marilla H. Bartlett, Apr. 
19, 1884. He resides in W., which has been his home 
since infancy. Children, by first wife : — ^^ 

(i) Gertrude J., b. W., Apr. 18, 1873. C^-P^ *''^ •'' ^ -•-- ^ 

(2) Clarence J. S., b. W., June 20, 1874. ^-^-^ ''^^i i^^ ^ 

(3) Hattie A., b. W., Nov. 30, 1875. ^M^^J^^ /^^^^ 

(4) Eva E., b. W., Aug. 18, 1882. •' ^..':„ 



Mc QUESTEN". 

William Mc Ouesten' emigrated from the north of Ire- 
land, and was a resident of Medford, Mass., in 1730. He 
afterward removed to Litchfield, N. H., where the name 
is still common. 

William, Jr.,^ son of William Mc Ouesten', was born in 
Maiden, Mass., and married Margaret Nahor, at Litch- 
field, N. H. 

Davids the oldest of the family of eleven children of 
William and Margaret McQuesten, married Margaret 
Fisher, and resided in Litchfield, N. H. 

David McQuesten, Jr.,-* son of David and Margaret 
(Fisher) McQuesten, was Iprn in Litchfield, N. H., Sept. 
I3> 1793 J educated at Dartmouth College, though not a 
graduate, being obliged to leave at the end of the second 
year, by failing eyesight ; studied medicine, and settled in 
Washington in 1820, or 1821. Here he practiced his pro- 
fession until his death, which occurred May 20, 1850. His 
wife was Pamelia Richardson of Stoddard, whom he mar- 
ried in 1823. She still lives, and resides with her daugh- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 533 

ter in Hackettstown, N. J. For a more complete sketch, 
see Professional History. Children : — 

I. 
Julia, b. W., Apr. 22, 1825 ; m. Austin Newton, in Dec, 
1844, ^ncl after his decease she married Frederick Chapin. 
After the death of Mr. Chapin, she m. Wm. F. Newton, 
Mar. 23, 1876. She d. in Newport, Sept. 21, 1883. 

II. 
Lucretia, b. W., May 10, 1827; m. Wm, F. Newton, 
Dec. 26, 1885 ; res, in Newport, 

III. 
Lucelia, b. W,, Mar. 14, 1830; m. Wm. Holt, Sept. 8, 
1853 ; res. in Trenton, N. J., where she d., Aug. 5, 1883. 

IV. 
Margaret, b. W., 1832; d. in W., Mar. 9, 1853. 

V. 
William W., b. W,, Dec. 28, 1833 ; m. Eliza F. Webb, 
May 16, 1866; res. in Muscatine, Iowa, where he is en- 
gaged in trade. Children : — 

(i) Ellen, b. Sept. 6, 1867. 

(2) Willie, b. Jan. 11, 1869. 

(3) Sarah, b. Mar. 15, 1870. 

(4) Fred, b. Jan. 4, 1872 ; d. Nov. 2, 1885. 

(5) Hattie S., b. Aug. 14, 1879. 

VI. 
Jane, b. W., Dec. 10, 1836; m. Milton P. Currier, July 
9, 1856; res. in Great Bend, Pa. 

VII. 
John O. A., b. W., Aug. 22, 1835 ; m. Louisa N. Keyes, 
May I, i860; res. in Manchester, where his wife died. 
Mar. 21, 1883. Children: — 

(i) Mattie L., b. Manchester, Feb. 14, 1861. 
(2) Julia C, b. " May i, 1862; m. Herbert 

H. Williams, Jan. i, 1884; res. in Manchester. 



534 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

VIII. 

Samuel, b. W., 1839; d. June 17, 1840, aged 7 mos. 

IX. 

Charles A., b. W., ; m. Ellen Brown ; res. for a 

time in Dedham, Mass. 

X. 
Hattie S., b. W., Oct. 10, 1843 ; m. James J. Rusling, 
Aug. 9, 1865 ; res. in Hackettstown, N, J. 

MEAD. 

Stephen Mead, son of Thomas and Ruth Mead, was 
b. in Westford, Mass., Aug. 14, 1759. He married Lucy 
Wright, a sister of Col. Jacob Wright, of Washington, and 
was a citizen of Washington as early as 1780. He settled 
at the south part of the town, on the farm now owned by 
Jerry and Silas V. Gleason, and was probably the first oc- 
cupant of that place. His children were born on the farm 
where he settled, and for many years the farm was in the 
possession of the family. He served for a time in the 
Revolution, and his oldest brother, John, was killed at 
Bunker Hill. He d. in W., Nov. 7, 1837. His wife died 
March 20, 1824. Children : — 

I. 

Lucy, b. W., July i, 1780; m. Hubbard Willey, of 
Middlesex, Vt.; res. in Middlesex, Vt, where she d., July 
4, 1856. 

II. 

Stephen, Jr., b. W., Feb. 7, 1783 ; m. Sarah Stevens of 
Stoddard, Nov. 27, 18 10; was a farmer, and lived and d. 
on the farm where he was born. He d. Oct. 12, 1836. 
His wife d. Nov. 25, 1843. Children: — 

(i) Sally, b. W., Feb. 10, 1812; m. Wm. Farnsworth 
of W., Dec. 2, 1830; d. in W., June 30, 1855. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 535 

(2) Lucy, b. W., March 2, 1814; m. Elbridge Cope- 
land of Stoddard, June 23, 1839; ^- ^^ Reading, Mass., 
Feb. 1 1, 1845. 

(3) Mary, b. W., Feb. 27, 1816 ; m. Daniel Farns- 
worth of W., Oct. 25, 1835 ; d. in Langdon, May 6, 1849. 

(4) Ruth B., b. W., July 2, 1818 ; m. Elbridge Cope- 
land of Reading, Mass., May 11, 1845 ; d. in North Ber- 
wick, Me., Jan. 25, 1879. 

(5) S. Newell, b. W., Aug. 25, 1820; m. Sarah Phelps, 
of Mario w, Dec. 13, 1849; is a farmer and shoemaker, 
and with the exception of a short res. in Marlow, has al- 
ways res. in Washington, where he is a highly respected 
citizen. Children : — 

T Frederick L., b. W., Dec. 23, 1853; m. Rosie A. 
Cochran, of S. Vineland, N. J., June 30, 1878; res. in 
Battle Creek, Mich. Children : — 

Walter S., b. Apr. 11, 1881. 
Lena V., b. March 25, 1884. 

2 Rosella F., b. W., June 26, 1858. 

(6) Harriet E., b. W., Nov. 2, 1822 ; m. Joshua Good- 
win of S. Berwick, Me., March 26, 1843. After his 
death she married Freeman S. Stowell of W., Nov. i, 
1857; d. in Milford, Oct. 2, 1878. 

(7) Hosea A., b. W., Dec. 29, 1824; m. Deborah 
Dunham of East Boston, Feb. 16, 1854; removed to 
Waukon, Iowa, in 1855 ; removed from Waukon to Kan- 
sas, in 1 87 1, where he still resides. Children : — 

1 Ella L., b. Winchester, Mass., May, 1855. 

2 Son, b. Iowa ; d. young. 

(8) Thomas B., b. W., Sept. 6, 1827; m. Mary A. 
Patten, of Potsdam, N. Y., July 3, 1855 ; res. in Potsdam, 
N. Y., Battle Creek, Mich., and Waukon, Iowa ;. died in 
Waukon, Iowa, July 26, 1861. Child:— 



53^ HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

I Nellie, born Potsdam, N. Y., Jan., 1857; m. Nelson 
Leland, and res. in Battle Creek, Mich. 

(9) Arvilla A., b. W., Jan. 31, 1832; m. Leander 
Willey of Middlesex, Vt., March 25, 1850; res. in Bos- 
ton. 

(10) Langdon, b. W., Feb. 12, 1835 ; d. Sept. 9, i860. 

III. 
John, b. W., Aug. 29, 1787; d. in W., April 9, 1837. 

IV. 
Amos, b. W., Feb. 23, 1789; d. June, 1789. 

V. 
Rebecca, b. W., May 11, 1791 ; res. in W.; d. Feb. 17, 
i860. 

VI. 
Patty, b. W., Feb. 26, 1794; m. Augustine Holmes, of 
Stoddard ; res. principally in Langdon, where she d., Dec. 
5, 1855- 

VII. 
Sally, b. W., Sept. 30, 1797; m. Amos Russell, of 
Mason, June 27, 1820; res. in W., where she d., March 2, 
1875- 

MELLEN. 

Luther Mellen was the son of Samuel Mellen of War- 
wick, Mass, where he was born, Sept. 21, 1778. He set- 
tled in Washington, in 1802. He was a hatter and resid- 
ed at the center of the town, in a house which stood a 
short distance in front of the stable of N. A. Lull & 
Sons. He also engaged in trade, at a later period of his 
life. He married Hepsy, dau. of Isaac French of Wash- 
ington, Feb. 15, 1 8 14. He d. Oct. 24, 1865. His wife d. 
Sept. 6, 1821. Children: — 

I. 

Luther A., b. W., Nov. 3, 1816 ; m. Mary A. Mc Kean of 
Nashua, July i, 1839. He has always been a resident of 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. " 537 

Washington, his occupation being that of a marble cut- 
ter. He is a man of much general information, and is 
thoroughly posted on all matters pertaining to the history 
of his native town. Children : — 

(i) George L., b. W., Apr. 22, 1840; m. Margaret R., 
dau. of Samuel Fletcher of W., Apr. 22, 1866 ; res. in W. 
Children : — 

1 Frank A., b. W., Sept. 7, 1867. 

2 Ada M., b. W., Nov. 19, 1869. 

3 Fred H., b. W., Sept. 24, 1872, 

4 Nellie F., b. W., Aug. 23, 1877. 

5 Harr^G., b. W., Dec. 20, 1880. 

6 Flora B., b. W., Oct. 28, 1882. 

(2) Mary F., b. W., Feb. 10, 1844; m- Orlando T. 
Crane of W., Feb. 10, 1870; res. in W. 

(3) L. Edwin, b. W., Oct. 18, 1848; is a dentist, and 
resides in Middlebury, Vt., where he has a large and lu- 
crative practice ; studied his profession at the Pennsylva- 
nia College of Dental Surgery, at Philadelphia, where he 
graduated in 1875. He m. Nellie M. Ellis of Keene, Oct. 
18, 1876. Children : — 

1 Maud E., b. Middlebury, Vt., Nov. 29, 1879. 

2 Philip E., b. " ' " Oct. 9, 1883. 

II. 

Sarah L., b. W., Sept. 15, 1819; m. George L. P'itzger- 
ald, Sept. 9, 1843 j res. in Foxcroft, Me. 

MERRIAM. 

Zadoc Merriam and Martha, his wife, resided at the 
West district in Washington, on the farm where Stephen 
M. Farnsworth now resides. He purchased the farm of 
Thomas Metcalf, and sold it to Amos Russell. They had 
one child, Martha A. Merriam, born in Washington, Nov. 



538 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

14, 1 8 19. It appears that Zadoc Merriam married, for his 
second wife, Sarah, dau. of Joseph Snow of Washington, 
and at once went to Goshen to reside. They afterward 
settled in Peterborough, and in their old age lived with 
their son in Marlborough, N. H. His wife d. in 1874. 
He died a few years afterward. Children of Zadoc and 
Sarah Merriam : — 

I. 

B. Franklin ; res. in Marlborough, N. H. 

II. 
Sarah M. 

III. . 

Isaac N. * 

IV. 
Joseph S. 

MERRILL. 

John Merrill was born in Newmarket, in July, 1772. 
He married Margaret Davidson, at Washington, March 
29, 1801, and for some years was a res. of Washington. 
He manufactured knives and other edge tools, later in 
life, and it is probable that he followed that business 
while a resident of Washington. After a time he re- 
moved to Hillsborough, and later to Nashua, where he d., 
Feb. 14, 1863. Children : — 

I. 

Betsey, b. W., March 11, 1803 (?) ; m. Peter Coon, and 
res. in Wrentham, Mass.; d. at Nashua, Apr. 29, 1882. 

II. 
David, b. W., Nov. i, 1805 ; d. in infancy. 

III. 
Mary, b. June 7, 1808 ; d. in Nashua, Oct. 5, 1879. 

IV. 
David, b. Nov. i, 1809; ra. Mary Smith, dau. of Ben- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 539 

jamin Smith, of W., in 1831 ; res. in Andover. His wife 
d. May 19, 1879. 

V. 

Sarah, m. Litchfield ; res. in Waltham, Mass.; 

d. in Aug., 1835. 

VI. 
William, res. in Franklin, Mass. 

VII. 
George, m. Sarah Smith of Antrim ; res. in Cambridge, 
Mass.; d. 1880. 

VIII. 

Harriet, m. Clifford ; res. in Nashua. 

IX. 

Samuel. 

Henry Merrill, son of Asa Merrill, was b. in Milford, 
Jan. 25, 1829. He m. Mary J. Fletcher of Cambridge, 
Mass., Oct. 30, 1855. They res. in Milford until 1861, 
when they removed to Wilton, and thence to Washington, 
in 1863. They resided in Washington until 1875, when 
they returned to Wilton. In 1876 they settled in Pep- 
perell, Mass., where they now reside. Children : — 

I. 

Delia R., b. Milford, Nov. 12, 1856; m. Geo. F. Gove 
of Antrim, Apr. 27, 1876; res. in Deering. 

II. 

Mary R., b. Milford, Apr. 28, i860; m. Arthur A. 
Train, Nov. 27, 1884; res. in Fitchburg, Mass. 

III. 

Frank H., b. Washington, Aug. 10, 1866. 

IV. 

Clara E., b. W., Feb. 13, 1875. 



540 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

METCALF. 

Three brothers, John, Thbmas and Nathan Metcalf, 
came from Dedham, Mass., and settled at the south-west 
part of Washington, near the close of the last, and early 
in the present century. 

John Metcalf was born in Dedham, Mass., May 7, 1768. 
He settled in Washington, on the farm, at the west part 
of the town, where Wm. Friend now resides. But a 
small piece of ground had been cleared, and that had be- 
come overgrown with bushes when he took possession. 
He constructed a rude house, one side of which was a 
high ledge, and its roof was constructed of poles and 
bark. He married Keziah, eldest dau. of Joel Reed, of 
W., Feb. 12, 1 8 II, and began married life in his newly 
constructed house. They lived in this house until two 
children were born, when they removed to a better house, 
which he had built in what is now Mr. Friend's pasture. 
They continued to reside on the farm where they first set- 
tled until their death. John Metcalf d. Jan. 5, 1868, at 
the age of almost a hundred years. His wife d. Feb. 
23, 1874, aged 86 years. Children : — 

I. 

Lucy R., b. W., Apr. 25, 1812; m. Richard Towne, 
June 14, 1857, and res. in W. 

II. 
Ann E., b. W., Sept. 25, 1814; m. Richard Razee, of 
Hancock; settled in Iowa. 

III. 
John O., b. W., Jan. 19, 1819; res. in W., on the farm 
first cleared by his maternal grandfather, Joel Reed. 

IV. 
James E., b. W., May 29, 1822 ; m. Lois Beebe ; res. in 
New London, Conn.; killed on the railroad. 

V. 
Roxanna E., b. W., ; res. in Rochester, N. H. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 54I 

VI. 

Harriet E., b. W., Aug. 31, 1828; m. James P. Nash, 
and res. in Gilsum ; d. Dec. 7, 1856. 

VII. 

Salmon G., b. W., Sept. 15, 1833 ; killed by the ex- 
plosion of a boiler, in Keene, March 25, 1864. 

Thomas Metcalf, brother of John, was born in Ded- 
ham, Mass., Jan. 15, 1771. He came to Washington with 
his brother, Nathan, and made a clearing at the west 
part of the town, a short distance west of the present 
residence of S. Newell Mead. They evidently settled in 
Washington some years before the settlement of their 
brother, John Metcalf. Thomas Metcalf married Sarah, 
dau. of Moses Chase of Washington, Jan. 19, 1796, and 
after marriage, res. on the farm where Stephen M. Farns- 
worth now resides. They afterward removed to Lemp- 
ster, where he died, April 8, 1858. His wife d. Dec. 25, 
1842. Children : — 

I. 

Joseph, b. W., Aug. 27, 1799; m. Hannah Scott; res. 
in Lempster; d. Sept. 17, 1883. 

II. 

Susan, b. W., Aug. 8, 1801 ; m. Willard Foster; d. in 
Marlow, Sept. 17, 1883. 

HI. 

Rhoda, b. W., Sept. 10, 1804; m. Abraham Melzer ; 
res. in Amherst, where she died. 

IV. 

Moses, b. W., Apr. 4, 1808 ; d. Apr. 14, 1808. 

V. 
Amos, b. W., Dec. 7, 1812; d. in Lempster, Sept. 10, 
1832. 



542 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

VI. 

Mary, b. W., Feb. i8, 1815; m. Lewis Hooper. Her 
husband was killed in the battle of the Wilderness, during 
the Rebellion; she now res. in Lempster. 

VII. 

Jeremiah, b. W., Sept. 2, 18 18 ; m. Mary Maynard, 
and died in Lempster, July 24, 1864. 

Nathan Metcalf, brother of John and Thomas Metcalf, 
came to Washington, from Dedham, with Ms brother, 
Thomas, and res. at the west part of the town, a short 
distance west of the place where S. Newell Mead now 
lives. He married Olive Estabrook of W., Sept. 3, 1793, 
and after res. for a time where he first settled, removed 
to Avon, N. Y. 

MILLEN. 

The name originally was McMullen, and McMillen, and 
was not changed to its present form until after the set- 
tlement of the family in Washington. 

Daniel and Mary McMillen of New Boston, were the 
parents of ten children, several of whom resided, during 
some portion of their lives, in Washington. The names 
of those who have res. in Washington are Ananias, Wil- 
liam, Daniel, Sally and John. 

Ananias McMillen, and his wife, Sally, who are supposed 
to have rem. to Littleton, had the following children, born 
in Washington : — 

I. 
John W., b. May 5, 1793. 

II. 
Anna, b. May 21, 1795. 

William McMillen married Susanna Smith of W., May 
4, 1786. It is supposed that he did not reside long in W., 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 543 

after marriage, though the town records speak of him as 
a resident of the town, at the time of his marriage. He 
died at Newport. 

Daniel McMillen, resided principally in Bradford. He 
married Anna White of Washington, Mar. 21, 1796, at 
which time the record speaks of him as a resident of W. 
The records of Washington also speak of the marriage of 
Daniel McMillen and Patty Austin, May 29, 1796. 

Sally McMillen married James Steele of Washington, 
and resided some years in the Mountain district, but fin- 
ally removed to western New York. 

John McMillen, son of Daniel and Mary McMillen, was 
born in New Boston, N. H., Feb. i, 1761. He was a res- 
ident of Washington as early as 1785, and resided on the 
Stoddard road, two miles from the center of the town, on 
the farm which is now owned by Asbury P. Howe. He 
was an upright citizen, highly esteemed by all who knew 
him. He was a member of the Congregational church, 
and held the office of deacon. His first wife was Nancy 

, by whom he had one, and perhaps two children. 

His second wife was Polly White of Concord, Mass., by 
whom he had several children. Dea. John Millen d. Mar. 
12, 1839. Polly, his wife, d. Dec. 22, 1838. Children: — 

I. 

John, Jr., b. Nov. 19, 1784; m. Sarah Brown, and re- 
sided in Stoddard. He died in Mass. Children : — 

(i) Celinda, b. ; m. Loren Parmenter ; d. in 

Stoddard. 

(2) Heman, b. Stoddard (.?), Feb. 9, 181 1; m. Mary 
Wakefield, Apr. 8, 1832, who d. Mar. 4, 1844. His second 
wife was Irena Whittemore of Hancock, whom he married 
Apr. 15, 1845. He resided in W., where he d., May 13, 
1855. His widow res. in W. Children : — 

I Son, b. W., Apr. 15, 1833; d. young. 



544 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

2 John H., b. W., Aug. 22, 1834; d. in the U. S. 
Army, during the Rebellion. 

3 Emory A., b. W., Sept. 29, 1837 ; was a soldier dur- 
ing the Rebellion; d. in Boston, Jan. 15, 1862. 

4 Daughter, b. W., Sept. 12, 1841 ; d, young. 

(3) Emory, b. Stoddard ; res. in Watertown, Mass. 

(4) Frederick, b. Stoddard, res. in Lowell, Mass. 

(5) Lovina, b. Stoddard (.-'); m. Robert Howerson ; res. 
in Milford, where she died. 

II. 
Nancy, b. W., Oct. 21, 1786; d. Apr. 27, 1787. 

III. 
Polly, b. W., Feb. 21, 1789; m. Joshua Jaquith of W., 
May II, 1809; res. in W., where she d., Sept. 2, 1865. 

IV. 

Ammi W., b. W., Apr. 5, 1791 ; m. Betsey W. Farwell, 
Oct. 16, 1820. She died July 27, 1823. His second wife 
was Dorothy Stevens, dau. of Samuel Stevens, one of the 
early settlers of Goshen, whom he married Sept. 21, 1824. 
He was a farmer, and resided in W., where his son, Horace 
B. Millen, now resides. He d. Oct. 13, 1862. His wife 
d. May 6, 1877, aged 79 yrs. Children: — 

(i) Betsey, b. W., Aug. 18, 1825 ; m. James S. Farns- 
worth, Feb. 26, 185 1 ; d. in W., Apr. 14, 1874. 

(2) Gardner, b. W., Jan. 4, 1828; m. Mary C, dau. of 
David Farnsworth, Sept. 26, i860; is a mason, and is also 
engaged in farming; is a highly respected citizen, and has 
served the town faithfully four years, as a member of the 
board of selectmen. Children : — 

1 Nettie L., b. W., July 8, 1861 ; d. June 7, 1864. 

2 Jennie E., b. W., July 29, 1863 ; m. Dr. W. D. Otter- 
son, Apr. II, 1885 ; res. in Hillsborough. 

(3) Ammi, b. W., Jan. 28, 1833; m. Mary A. Winn of 
Hudson, Feb. 26, 1859; d. in W., Apr. i, 1862. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 545 

• 

(4) Lucy C, b. W., July 31, 1835 ; rn- Hiram F. Rus- 
sell, May 18, 1859; res. in Marlow. 

(5) Horace B., b. W., Nov. 27, 1840; m. Mrs. Mary 
A. Millen, widow of Ammi Millen, Feb. 23, 1864. They 
have one adopted daughter. 

I Rosa ]., h. Claremont, June 20, 1873. 

V. 

Daniel, b. W., Jan. 21, 1793; m. Mary Bateman, June 
10, 1818; res. in W., first on the farm on the Stoddard 
road, now owned by Alonzo Marshall, and afterward on 
the farm which is now owned by George D. Trow. He 
died Feb. 18, 1870. His wife d. Sept. 25, 1869. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Harriet B., b. W., Aug. 3, 18 19; m. Timothy 
Harnden, Sept. 6, 1840. After his death she married his 
brother, Jerome Harnden, Feb. 8, 1849; res. in W., and 
Reading, Mass.; d. in W., May 4, 1868. 

(2) Mary, b. W., May 2, 1823 ; m. Frederick Millen of 
Stoddard, June 19, 1845. 

(3) Lucinda, b. W., Aug. 20, 1825 ; m. Alonzo Marshall, 
June I, 1847; d. Nov. 22, i860. 

VI. 

Ezra, b. W., June 18, 1795; m. Sarah, dau. of Joshua 
Fletcher of W., Apr. 7, 1818 ; res. in W., in the Mountain 
district, but removed to Nashua in 1832, where he d., Aug. 
20, 1854. His wife d. in Royalston, Mass., Sept. 27, 1885. 
Children : — 

(i) Sarah, b. W., July 6, 1819; m. Franklin H. God- 
dard of St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 30, 1855 ; res. in Royalston, 
Mass. 

(2) Dustin F., b. W., Apr. 15, 1821 ; m. Nancy F. Jud- 
kins, of Manchester, June 25, 1844. 

(3) Emeline, b. W., Dec. 31, 1822 ; m. Ebenezer Stone 
of Boston, Jan. 25, 1849. 



546 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(4) Ezra E., b. W., June 21, 1830; d. June 6, 1832. 

(5) Luetta, b. Nashua, June 11, 1834; m. Benj. M. 
Billings of Boston, Nov. 10, 1854; d. Mar. i, 1858. 

VII. 

Susan, b. W., June 18, 1795 ; m. Samuel Davis of W., 
Sept. 24, 1818; res. in W. until 1829, afterward in the 
vicinity of Boston; d. in Brighton, Mass., Sept. 2, 1853. 

VIII. 

Ira, b. W., May 28, 1797; m. Abigail Hill, and resided 
principally in W. He was a hatter, and resided at the 
center of. the town. He died Jan. 14, 1864. His wife d. 
June 10, 1881. Children: — 

(i) Charles, b. North wood, Jan. 5, 1821 ; came to W. 
in infancy, where he has since resided. 

(2) Almira E., b. W., ,Oct. 6, 1822; d. Mar. 5, 1847. 

(3) Laura E., b. W., Aug. 12, 1824; d. Feb. 27, 1825. 

(4) Charlotte J., b. W., Sept. i, 1828; m. John M. 
Curtis, Apr. 27, 1862 ; res. in Hillsborough. She is a 
lady of culture, and before marriage was a successful 
teacher. 

(5) Laura A., b. W., Feb. 7, 1831 ; d. May 4, 1849, 

(6) Gilbert L., b. W., Jan. 4, 1836; d. Oct. 25, 1856. 

(7) John C, b. W., Apr. 14, 1839; ^^"i- Sarah J., dau. 
of Gardner Codman, June 6, i860. He has always res. 
in W., and is one of the most thrifty and enterprising 
farmers. During the Rebellion he served in the i6th N. 
H. reg't. Children : — 

1 Jessie L., b. W., June 13, 1861. 

2 Burtt L., b. W., July 13, 1865. 

3 Walter G., b. W., March 21, 1874. 

(8) James L., b. W., Apr. 23, 1841 ; was the first sol- 
dier to enlist from W., in the war of the Rebellion, in 
which he lost his life. He d. Jan. 19, 1863. See Military 
History. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 54/ 

IX. 

Gardner, b. W., Mar. 28, 1800; d. Oct. 2, 1821. 

X. 

Sumner, b. W., Aug. 14, 1805 ; m. Martha Durkee of 
Newport, June 10, 1834. He was a carpenter and res. in 
W., Newport, and Brighton, Mass. He d. in W., May 1 1, 
1885. His wife d. Sept. 16, 1841. Children: — 

(i) Lois D., b. Newport, Sept. i, 1835 ; m. Henry 
Durkee in 1853; res. in Lebanon. 

(2) Marietta H., b. Newport, July 18, 1836; d. at 
Northfield, Vt., Oct. i, 1859. 

(3) Moses, b. W., Nov. 18, 1838; res. in Enfield and 
is engaged in the manufacture of hosiery. He was a sol- 
dier in the war of the Rebellion. 

(4) Martha E., b. W., Dec. 16, 1840; m. James Rob- 
inson, who died in the service of the U. S., at Florence, 
N. C. She now res. at Bradford, Mass. 



MH.LET. 

Daniel S. Millet, son of Jeremiah Millet, was born in 
Andover, Mass., May 20, 1835. He m. Augusta A. Put- 
nam of Wilton, N. H., Aug. 8, 1858, and before coming 
to Washington, res. principally in Wilton. He served 
more than four years in the 4th N. H. reg't, during 
the Rebellion. He came to Washington in 1865, where 
he spent the remainder of his life. He d. April 25, 1883. 
Child :— 

I. 

Herbert D., b. Wilton, Nov. 18, 1859; m. Alice 
Schlipp, Feb. 19, 1882 ; res. for a time in W.; now res. in 
Pepperell, Mass. Children : — 

(i) Eugene G., b. W., Feb. i, 1883. 

(2) Ernest F., b. W., Nov. 6,, 1884 ; d. Aug. i8„ 1885. 



548 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

MILLS. 

Hezekiah Mills came to Washington, from Neeclham, 
Mass., a few years after his brother in law, Joseph Crane, 
came from Milton. He settled near Mr. Crane, on the 
east side of Lovewell's Mountain, near its base. A large 
orchard and a cellar remain to mark the spot where he 
lived. After res. in W. some years, he removed to Clare- 
mont, where it is supposed that he died. Children : — 

I. 

Sally, b. Needham, Mass., Oct. 23, 1784. 

IL 

Hannah, b. ; m. Joseph Crane, Jr., of W., Dec. 

28, 181 5 ; d. in W., July 29, 1839. 

III. 

Elizabeth, b. ; m. Solomon Crane of W.; d. in 

W., May 22, 1846. 

Solomon, 



IV. 



MONROE. 

Abijah Monroe was born in Carlisle, Mass., Nov. 7, 
1783. He married Sarah C. Heald of Carlisle, Sept. 12, 
1804, and settled in his native town, where he res. until 
about the year 18 10 or 181 1, when he removed to W., and 
settled at the east part of the town, on a farm which he 
purchased of Rufus Severance, Sen., and which is now 
the home of his grandson, Daniel L. Monroe. He was a 
farmer and carpenter of industrious habits, and command- 
ed the respect of his townsmen. He d. Apr. 4, 1867. 
His wife d. Dec. 3, 1855. Children : — 

I. 

Rebecca H., b. Carlisle, Mass., Jan, 26, 1806 ; removed 
to Washington with her parents in childhood ; m. Elliot 
Woodward of W., in 1823, and res. in W., and Hebron, 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 549 

Me. Her husband died in W., Jan. i8, 1833, and she 
was married to Gardner Spaulding of W., Feb. 23, 1834. 
She has since res. in Washington, where her husband 
died, Feb. 9, 1848. 

II. 

Reuben, b. Washington, Apr. 4, 181 1; m. Margaret 
Dow, and res. many years in W.; afterward removed to 
Marlow, where his wife died, Feb. 28, 1882, aged 69 yrs. 
Children : — 

(i) Daniel L., b. W., Apr. 27, 1835 ; m. Pamelia F. 
Sawyer of Bradford, Dec. 7, 1865 ; res. in Washington. 
Children : — 

1 Fred B., b. W., Jan. 21, 1867. 

2 Clarence L., b. W., July 5, 1870. 

(2) Edna S., b. W., June 14, 1837; m. Martin L. Par- 
menter of Antrim, in 1861. After his death she married 
Lyman Cram, Feb. 24, 1867; res. in Marlow. 

(3) Samuel D., b. W., March 17, 1841 ; was a lieuten- 
ant in Berdan's regiment of Sharpshooters, during the 
Rebellion ; and was killed at Kelly's Ford, Va., Nov. 7, 
1863. See Military History. 

III. 

Sarah H., b. W., Apr. 3, 1813 ; m. Wm. P. Greenleaf 
of W., Feb. 12, 1836; res. in W., where she died, Jan. 25, 

1879. 

IV. 

John L., b. W., Jan. 25, 1817; m. Mary S. Avery, Sept. 
25, 1845 ; d. in New York City, April 10, 1861. His 
wife died Aug. 15, 1867. Child: — 

(i) J. Frank, born Aug., 1847. 

V. 
Infant, b. W., Feb. 23, 1820; d. very young. 



550 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

VI. 

Amos H., b. W., Sept. lo, 1821 ; m. Ann R. Smith; 
was in Cleveland, O., at last accounts. 

VII. 

Mary W., b. W., June 22, 1824; m. Alfred Miller, July 
12, 1842; res. in W. and neighboring towns. Her hus- 
band d. Nov. 7, 1876. She now res. in Hillsborough. 

VIII. 

Augusta L., b. W., Oct. 15, 1829; m. Aaron Pearson, at 
Roxbury, Mass., June 17, 1861 ; d. in Boston, Jan. 16, 
1877. 



MORRILL. 

Joseph O. Morrill, son of Joseph and Pamelia (Martin) 
Morrill, was born in Salisbury, Mass., March 9, 1811. 
His parents removed to Hopkinton, N. H., when he was 
three years of age, and there his boyhood and youth were 
spent. He m. Sarah, dau. of Dea. Tilly Brockway, of 
Hillsborough, Oct. 27, 1835. They have resided princi- 
pally in Washington and Manchester, Washington being 
their present place of residence. He is a carpenter, and 
is considered a superior workman. Children : — 



George L. T., b. Hopkinton, Dec. 4, 1836; d. Jan. 8, 
1842. 

II. 

Frank L., b. Washington, Dec. 5, 1840; m. Mary F. 
Carr, dau. of Mason H. Carr of W., in i860; was a lieu- 
tenant in the 3d N. H. reg't, during the Rebellion, and d. 
at Fortress Monroe, Va., July 13, 1864, from a wound re- 
ceived at Petersburg, June 30. His widow married Joseph 
C. Jones, in 1866, and res. in Claremont. Child : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 55 I 

(i) Annie F., b. Manchester, Feb. 24, 1861 ; gradu- 
ated at Stevens High School, in Claremont, in 1880, and 
is a successful teacher. 

III. 

George E., b. Dixon, 111., Jan. 13, 1845 5 ^'^- ^^^ ^■ 
Avery of Manchester, in 1871 ; has res. many years in 
Manchester. 

IV. 

Abby L., b. W., Aug. 22, 1851 ; m. Charles F. McClary 
in 1872; d. in W., Sept. 12, 1872. 



MURDOUGH. 

William Murdough, son of Samuel Murdough, was b. 
in Hillsborough, May 23, 1785. He came to Washington 
when a young man, and learned the trade of tanner and 
shoemaker of Col. Harry Train. He afterward went to 
Goshen, where he married Polly Stevens, Nov. 25, 18 10. 
After residing a few years in Goshen, he returned to W., 
where he resided many years. A few of his later years 
were spent in Nashua, and his last years in Goshen, 
where he died, March 26, 1866. After the death of his 
iirst wife, he married Mrs. Mary (McQuesten) Whit- 
temore, Feb. 11, 1842. Children: — 

I. 

Emeline, b. Goshen, Oct. 26, 181 3 ; m. Gilbert Ward, 
and res. in Nashua and Goshen ; d. at Goshen, Jan. 27, 
1875. 

II. 

Maline, b. W., May i, 1817; d. young. 

III. 

Maria A., b. W., Sept. 29, 1822 ; m. O. F. Cain, and 
res. in Nashua and Goshen ; d. in Goshen, July 9, 1871. 



552 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

IV. 

Salma H., b. W., July 24, 1824; m. Adaline Darrah, 
and res. in Nashua, and Lynn, Mass.; d. in Lynn, May 
5, 1884. 

V. 

Lucinda F., b. W., Dec. 31, 1828; res. in Goshen. 

VI. 
Walter B., b. W., Nov. 10, 1832; m. Emma Earle, and 
res. in Evansville, Wis. 

(2nd wife) 
VII. 
Fidelia, b. Goshen, Apr. 23, 1^49 ; m. C. H. Barrett, 
and res. in Manchester. 

MUZZEY. 

Benjamin F. Muzzey was born in Bradford, May 2, 
1820. His father was Jonathan P., and his grandfather, 
Benjamin Muzzey, both natives of Weare. The year 
after his birth, his father left Bradford and returned to 
Weare. There his youth and early manhood were spent. 
The years between 1861 and' 1864 were spent in Boston. 
•In 1864 he settled in Washington, and was married to 
S. Augusta Greenleaf of W., Sept. 3, 1865. He has 
since resided in W., and has been engaged in trade. In 
1865 he received the appointment of Postmaster at the 
center of the town, and held the office, uninterruptedly, 
twenty years. Child : — 

I. 

Mary F., b. W., Aug. 13, 1866. 

Lorenzo D. Muzzey, son of Asa Muzzey, was born in 
Newbury, Sept. 4, 1839; m. Emeline A., dau. of Harvey 
Spaulding, Oct. 13, 1858; resided in Newbury until 1884, 
when they removed to Washington, where they now re- 
side. Children : — 




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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 553 

I. 

Edwin W., b. Newbury, Feb. 12, i860; m. Cora E. 
Tandy of W., Jan. i, 1885 ; res. in Newbury. 

II. 
Norris D., b. Newbury, Aug. 2, 1866; res. in Newbury. 

III. 
Burt C, b. Newbury, Aug. 30, 1877. 

NEWxMAK 

Benjamin Newman of Woburn, Mass., settled in Deer- 
ing, N. H., about the year 1776. His wife was Abby 
Lewis, and they were the parents of eight children. 
They resided in Deering until about the year 1791, when 
they removed to Washington, and settled in the Mountain 
district, a half mile north-west of the Dinsmore farm, 
where Henry Lowell afterward lived. He died about the 
year 1830. His wife died about the year 1826. Child- 
ren : — « 

I. 

Benjamin, Jr., b. Deering, Jan. 30, 1778 ; removed to 
Washington in childhood, with his parents ; m. Sarah 
Gordon of Weare, about the year 1797, and res. in W., 
in the Mountain district, on a farm situated north of the 
farm where his father settled, and west of the farm where 
Ezra Millen afterward resided. The place is well under 
the shadows of the hills, and has long been deserted. He 
lived here some years, but finally removed to a farm on 
the shore of Long Pond, where he spent the remainder 
of his life. He was a man of great respectability, and an 
influential citizen of the town. He d. Sept. 18, 1840. 
His wife died July 28, 1865, aged 90 years. Children : — 

(i) John, b. W., Feb. 11, 1798; m. Margaret Ring, 
Nov. II, 1824; was a shoemaker and res. in Antrim. 
Children : — 



554 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

1 Eliza J., b. Antrim, Nov. 3, 1825 ; m. F. A. Stone, 
Jan., 1853. 

2 John B., b. Antrim, Aug. 2, 1833. 

(2) Jerusha, b. W., June i, 1800; m. John Morse, 
Sept. 15, 1824; res. in W. and Framingham, Mass. 

(3) Clarissa, b. W., Feb. 7, 1802 ; m. Parker Lewis of 
Hillsborough, Dec. i, 18 19. 

(4) Jane D., b. W., March 11, 1804; m. Jasper I. 
Golden ; res. in Burlington, Vt., and different parts of 
the West ; now res. in Florence, Ohio. 

(5'l Belinda, b. W., Dec. i, 1806; m. Fred Hill; res. 
in Concord, and later in Elizabeth, N. J., where both d. 

(6) Eliza G., b. W., Jan. 17, 1808; m. Simon W. 
Jones, June 4, 1828, and res. in W.; d. Jan. i, 1875. 

(7) Sarah, b. W., Dec. 6, 1810; m. Jeremiah Chap- 
man ; res. in W. 

(8) Abigail, b. W., Aug. 9, 1812 ; m. Eliphalet Glid- 
den, Jan. 9, 1832; res. in Sanbornton, where her husband 
died, Sept. 3, 1844. She was again married to Dyer H. 
Sanborn, Nov. 28, 1847, and res. in Washington and Hop- 
kinton. She d. in Hopkinton, July 12, 1882. 

(9) Mary A., b. W., Sept. 5, 1813; m. John Gass, 
Aug. 13, 1832; res. in Concord until 1859, since in 
Washington, D. C. 

(10) J. Henry, b. W., July 24, 1815 ; m. Clara H., 
dau. of Asaph Wilson of W., June 21. 1849. She died 
Jan. 27, 1 86 1, and he was married to Harriet A. Gregg, 
Nov. I, 1865. He has always res. in W., and is one of its 
most respected citizens. Children : — 

1 Laurella, b. W., June 30, 1850; m. George D. 
Trow, Jan. 29, 1880; res. five years in Lincoln, Iowa, but 
now resides in W. 

2 Frank P., b. W., July 14, 1852; m. Mary C. Burtt 
of Hillsborough, Nov. 11, 1880; has been an efficient 
teacher in Hillsborough, and in Dunlap, Iowa, and was 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 555 

for several years the principal of Tubbs Union Academy. 
In connection with his labors as a teacher he has been 
much employed in the practice of dentistry. Child : — 

Harold E., b. W., Feb. 13, 1882. 

3 Abbie D., b. W., July 8, 1855 ; m. Ralph Hunt of 
Whitefield, July 3, 1884 ; res. in Whitefield. 

4 Fred H., b. W., July 19, 1857; m. Belle A. Reck- 
with, Dec. 27, 1882 ; res. in W. Child : — 

Harry E., b. W., Aug. 13, 1884. 
(2nd wife) 

5 William E., b. W., Sept. i, 1866. 

6 Berton E., b. W., Dec. 23, 1870. 

(11) Loraine, b. W., May 29, 1817 ; m. Calvin Adams, 
Feb. 8, 1843 ; res. a few years in W., but for many years 
has res. in Hillsborough. 

(12) Ursula, b. W., 1819; d. in infancy. 

II. 

Hannah, b. Deering, July 3, 1780; m. Clisby of 

Marlborough, Vt. 

III. 

Joseph, b. Deering, Dec. 13, 1782; came to W. with 
his parents at about the age of nine years ; m. Pamelia, 
dau. of Harris Bingham of Dempster, Jan. 20, 1814; was 
the first settler on the farm on the turnpike, now owned 
by Hiram I. Hoyt. He was an enterprising and indus- 
trious citizen. He died in W., Aug. 7, 1862. His wife 
died June 29, 1861. Children : — 

(i) Harris B., b. W., Oct. 30, 1814; m. Mary B. Gray 
of Hancock, Nov. 10, 1842; res. in Hillsborough and later 
in Antrim, where he died, Feb. 28, 1876. Children : — 

I Helen A., b. Hillsborough, Aug. 23, 1843 ; d. Mar. 
18, 1883. 



556 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

2 George, b. Hillsborough, Sept. 23, 1845 "' d. 1847. 

3 George F., b. " Sept. 30, 1848. 

4 Joseph W., b. " Jan. 20, 1852, 

5 Mary L., b. Antrim, Oct. 23, 1857. 

(2) Minerva, b. W., Jan. i, 1816; m. Nathan Adams, 
Sept. I, 1839; rss, in Acworth. 

(3) Harriet, b. W., Apr. 22, 1817; m. Samuel Gove, 
Dec. 15, 1842; res. in Antrim. 

(4) James, b. W., May 10, 1818; m. Mary J., dau. of 
John May of W., Oct. 31, 1844. She died. Feb. i, 1847, 
and he m. Abby P. Everett, dau. of Willard Everett of 
Francestown, Sept. 11, 1851 ; res. in W., when first mar- 
ried, but in a few years removed to Hillsborough, where 
he afterwards resided. He was an exceedingly upright 
business man, trusted and honored by all who knew him. 
He died in Hillsborough, May 10, 1884. Children : — 

(1st wife) 

1 James E., b. July 26, 1845 ; d. July 9, 1855. 

(2iid wife) 

2 Eugene H., b. W., Sept. 21, 1852 ; d. Jan. 28, 1858. 

3 Henry P., b. W., Dec. 2, 1853 ; educated in the 
common schools and at New London ; studied medicine, 
and received the degree of M. D., from the Detroit Med- 
ical College, in 1878. In 1879 he visited Europe, where 
he remained two years, studying, and visiting the hospi- 
tals at Strasburg, Leipsic and Bonn. He now resides in 
Chicago, and is engaged in an extensive and lucrative 
practice. He occupies a position as lecturer in the Col- 
lege of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago. He mar- 
ried Fannie L. Hodges of Chicago, and has two child- 
ren : — 

Helen E., and Eugene B. 

4 Joseph Willard, b. Hillsborough, Oct. 22, 1856; 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 557 

Studied law with Brooks K. Webber, Esq., at Hillsbor- 
ough, and afterward in Chicago. 

5 Anna P., b. Hillsborough, March 20, 1862. 

(5) George W., b. W., Dec. 14, 1819; m. Maria E., dau. 
of John May of W., Jan. 11, 1849; ^^^- ^^ Hillsborough 
two years, and has since res. in W. Children : — 

1 Emma J., b. Hillsborough, Dec. 25, 1850. 

2 Ellen M., b. W., March 27, 1852 ; d. Oct. 13, 1873. 

3 Willis J., b. W., Dec. 28, 1855 ; res. in Fargo, Dak. 

4 Clara M., b. W., Apr. 22, 1857; m. George Morey 
of Manchester, Oct. i, 1885 ; res. in Manchester. 

5 Dana G., b. W., Apr. 14, 1859 > d. Aug. 28, 1881. 

(6) Theron B., b. W., May 9, 1821 ; m. Lucy H. Tay- 
lor of Stowe, Mass., June 2, 1844; is an architect and 
builder, and has res. in Brighton, Mass., Hillsborough 
and Charlestovvn, N. H.; now res. in Charlesto-wn. Child- 
ren : — 

1 Frank H., b. Brighton, Mass., Feb. 18, 1844. 

2 Emmons C, b. " July 21, 1847. 

(7) 'Sarah A., b. W., Sept. 5, 1822; m. William A. 
Butterfield, March 30, 1862 ; res. in Vineland, N. J., and 
Hillsborough, N. H. Her present place of res. is Hills- 
borough. 

(8) Lafayette, b. W., June 29, 1824; d. March 10, 
1848. 

(9) Joseph L., b. W., March 12, 1826; educated in 
the common schools, Marlow Academy, and by a private 
tutor; res. in Boston since 1857, with the exception of 
two years spent in Cal. He is a magnetic physician of 
note. He m. the dau. of Capt. Israel Snow of Rockland, 
Me., March 3, 1869. 

(10) DeWitt C, b. W., Feb. 10, 1828 ; m. Mary J. Har- 
rington in 1863. She d. Dec. 14, 1866, and he m. Mrs. 



558 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Arvilla Whittier in 1873 ; res. in Hillsborough, where he 
has been engaged in trade. Children : — 

(2iid wife) 

1 Mary H., b. Hillsborough, July 19, 1874. 

2 Etta A., b. " Aug. 16, 1875. 

(11) Mary A., b. W., Apr. 5, 1829; res. in Hillsborough. 

(12) Solon, b. W., Dec. 14, 1832 ; m. Ellen A., dau. of 
Hiram Bell of Hillsborough, July i, 1873; has been en- 
gaged in the management of hotels, principally in places 
of summer resort ; res. in Hillsborough. Child : — 

I Blanche B., b. Oct. 6, 1877. 

(13) Hiram, b. W., Mar. 31, 1835 ; m. Susan C. John- 
son ; res. in Prescott, Wis. 

IV. 
Abigail, b. Deering, Jan. 22, 1785; m. Samuel Gove, 
and re^. in Deering, where she died. 

V. 
James, b. Deering, Aug. 29, 1787. 

VI. 
Jerusha, b. Deering, July 17, 1789. 

vir. 

Lydia, b. Washington, Aug. 5, 1791. 

VIII. 

Samuel, b. W., May 28, 1793; res. many years near 
Houlton, Me.; afterward res. in Hillsborough, and finally 
removed to Iowa, where he died. He was the father of 
seven children. 



NEWTON". 

The Newton family was originally from Groton, Conn. 
Christopher Newton was born in that town, Feb. 26, 1738. 
He married Mary Giles of Groton, Feb 26, 1766. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 559 

Erastus, son of Christopher and Mary Newton, was 
born in Groton, Conn., Apr. 4, 1777, and removed with 
his parents to Newport, N. H., in 1778 or 1779, his father 
being one of the early settlers in that town. He married 
Betsey Beckwith, and resided in Newport, where he died, 
Jan. 4, 1852. 

Christopher G. Newton, son of Erastus and Betsey 
Newton, was born in Newport, Jan. 15, 1803. He was a 
graduate of Middlebury College, and afterward studied 
law and practiced in Washington some years. He after- 
ward removed to Lawrence, Mass., where he died, Feb. 
13, 1 87 1. He married Harriet Hubbard of W., June 9, 
1835. Children : — 

I. 



George A. 
Erastus N. 
Ellen L. 



II. 
III. 



Austin Newton, son of Erastus and Betsey Newton, 
was born in Newport, Aug. 23, 18 14. He studied medi- 
cine, and settled in Washington, where the whole of his 
professional life was spent. He married Julia, dau. of Dr. 
David Mc Ouesten of W., in Dec, 1841. He died in W., 
Nov. 17, 1853. His widow afterward married Wm. F. 
Newton, and resided in Newport, where she died, Sept. i, 
1883. Children:— 

I. 

David A., b. W., Aug. 3, 1845 ; m. Marion L. Fletcher 
of Newport, Nov. 26, 1868; res. in Newport, where he is 
engaged in trade. He served in the 2nd Mass. Heavy 
Artillery, during the Rebellion ; was also in the quarter- 
master's department at Hilton Head, S. C. Children : — 



(2) 


Marion P., b. 


(3) 


Willie A., b. 


(4) 


Dixi C, b. 


(5) 


Juliette, b. 


(6) 


Flora A., b. 


Dixi C.', b. W., Oct, 


Apr. ] 


[3, 1866. 



560 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(i) Frederick C, b. Newport, Aug. 28, 1870. 

Feb. 26; 1876. 
Nov. 30, 1878. 
" Aug. 7, 1879. 
June 3, 1882. 
Feb. 3, 1884. 

II. 

3, 1848; d. in New York City, 



OBER. 

Zechariah Ober was born in Tewksbury, Mass., Aug. 8, 
1775. He married Abigail Hardy, June 10, 1802, and as 
early as 1804, settled in Hollis, N. H. They resided in 
Hollis until some time between the years 18 17 and 1821, 
when they removed to Washington and settled on the 
Marlow road, a mile from Washington Center, on the farm 
previously owned by Ephraim Davis, and now owned by 
Ira Brockway. In 1830, they left Washington and settled 
in South Newbury, Ohio, where he died in 1862. His wife 
died in 1858. Children: — 

I. 

Hepzibah, b. Mar. 20, 1803 ; m. James Bower of Dor- 
chester, Mass., in 1834; rem. to S. Newbury, O., in 1837. 
After the death of her husband, she m. John Whitney in 
1840, who died in 1844. Her third husband was Elijah* 
Hayes of Burton, O. She d. in Burton O., in 1870. 

II. 

Reuben H., b. Hollis, N. H., Dec. 15, 1804; m. Lima 
Hurd of Dempster, March 3, 1829; res. in W., on his 
father's farm a short time, but soon went to Merrimack 
and engaged in trade. In 1850 he engaged in the glass 
and Britannia ware trade, in Boston, and continued in 
that business until his death. In 1856 he removed his 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 561 

family to South Newbury, Ohio, but continued in the 
glass trade, being employed the most of his time as a trav- 
eling salesman. He died in Sutton, N. H., Sept. 26, 1879. 
He was a man of fine character and universally respected. 
His wife died at S. Newbury, O., Feb. 4, 1884. Child: — 

(i) Sophia L., b. W., Feb. 8, 1830; m. Darius M. 
Allen of Westminster, Mass., June 5, 1855 ; res. in South 
Newbury, Ohio. 

III. 

Hermon, b. Hollis, Aug. 15, 1806; m. Hannah Hall of 
Salem, N. H.; res. for a time in W., but rem. to S. New- 
bury, O., in 1830; d. in S. Newbury, O., Oct. 20, 1852. 

IV. 

Mary, b. Hollis, July 17, 1808; m. Wm. Lovejoy in 
1828, and the same year, settled in Newbury, O.; died in 
1843. His widow m. Wilkins Fox, and res. in Troy, O. 

V. 

Abigail, b. Hollis, Oct. 20, 1810; m. Horace Ellis, and 
settled in Auburn, O. She d. in 1882. 

VI. 

Zechariah, Jr., b. Hollis, Feb. 17, 18 13; was long em- 
ployed as traveling salesman for the firm of Morey and 
Smith of Boston ; settled in Iowa in 1873 ; d. in Ogden, 
Iowa, in 1883. 

VII. 

Harriet, b. Hollis, June 21, 181 5 ; m. Wilkins Fox of 
Troy, O., and resided in that place ; she d. Apr. 4, 1844. 

VIII. 
Elizabeth, b. Hollis, Aug. 4, 181 7; m. Alonzo Shaw; 
res. in Troy, Ohio. 

IX. 
Luke C, b. Washington, Apr. 8, 1821 ; m. Lima S. 
Hurd of Lempster, in 1855, and settled in Sugar Mound, 
Kansas, in 1857. His wife d. in 1859, ^^^ he returned to 



562 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

N. E., and engaged in business in Boston. He m. Maria 
Sawin of Southborough, Mass., in 1869. Since 1879. 
they have res. in Ottawa, Kansas, where he is engaged in 
trade. He has one son by his first wife, born in 1859. 



PEASLEE AND PEASLEY. 

Thomas Peaslee was the son of Isaac Peaslee, and was 
born in Sutton, Apr. 22, 1798. He married Hannah, dau. 
of Dea. Wm. Graves of Washington, in 18 18. He was a 
shoemaker, and resided in Sutton, Wilmot, Peterborough, 
and Washington. He came to Washington, from Peter- 
borough, in 1857, where he continued to work at his trade, 
in East Washington, as long as health would permit. His 
wife died Feb. 25, 1852, and he was married to Mrs. Zil- 
pah (Sweet) Kidder in 1852. He died in W., July 30, 
1 87 1. His widow still resides in W. Children all by his 
first wife : — 

I. 

Julia A., b. Sutton, Mar. 3, 18 19 {?). 

II. 

Willard H., b. Sutton, Dec. 18, 1820. 

III. 
Abigail G., b. Sutton, Dec. 24, 1822. 

IV. 
Lucy M., b. Sutton, Oct. 8, 1825 ; d. June 16, 1827. 

v. 

William G., b. Sutton, Feb., 1829. 

VI. 
Isaac G., b. Sutton, Oct. 5, 1830; m. Ursula T. Walker, 
in 1844; res. in Peterborough. 

VII. 
Thomas J., b. Sutton, Dec. 18, 1832; m. Harriet Bur- 
bank; d. in Boston, June i, 1878, 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 563 

VIIT. 

George W., b. Sutton, May 5, 1834; m. Caroline Bur- 
bank ; res. in Natick, Mass. 

IX. 
Emily, b. Wilmot, July 21, 1837; ^- Chas. C. Phillips 
of New London, May 31, 1864; res. in New London. 

X. 
Benj. F., b. Wilmot, Oct. 2, 1839; res. in Lake Village. 

XI. 
Edwin J., b. Wilmot, Sept. 8, 1844 5 ^^s. in Lake Village. 

Auren Peasley, son of Joel Peasley, was born in New- 
bury, Jan. 7, 1838. He married Matilda A., dau. of Jere- 
miah Morse of Newbury, Feb. 11, 1862. They spent the 
first years of their married life in Newbury, but removed 
to Washington in 1870, where they have since resided. 
He is a prosperous farmer, and has served the town as 
selectman, and representative in the legislature. Child- 
ren : — 

I. 

Charles A., b. Newbury, Apr. 12, 1865 ; res. in W. 

II. 
Clara M., b. Newbury, May 15, 1868. 

III. 
Frank M., b. Washington, Feb. 21, 1880. 

PENNIMAN. 

Thomas Penniman came to Washington, from Brain- 
tree, Mass., and settled on the high land, near the Lemp- 
ster road, on the farm where Ebenezer Lowell first set- 
tled, and which is now owned by the heirs of George F. 
Fowler. He was an inhabitant of Washington as early 
as 1786, in which year he was moderator of the annual 
town meeting. He was a man of wealth, and was well 



564 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

educated for the times in which he lived. He became an 
influential citizen, and did much to promote the interests 
of the town. He was frequently called upon by the town 
to fill its most important offices. He took an interest in 
the cause of education, and in his will, bequeathed small 
legacies to the school in his own district, and the one at 
the center of the town. 

When a young man, he joined an expedition into Can- 
ada, and was a member of the reserve force at the battle 
of Quebec. He died in W., Jan. 3, 18 14, aged 84 years. 
Abigail, his wife, died Apr. 21, 1804, aged 74 years. He 
had no children. 



PERKINS. 

David S. Perkins was the son of Israel Perkins, and 
was born in Dunbarton, May ii, 1797. He married Sa- 
rah Perley of Springfield, Mar. 8, 1820, and in 1822, set- 
tled in Washington, where his daughter now resides, at 
the center of the town. He died in W., May 7, 1852. 
His wife died May 31, 1878. Children : — 

I. 

Sylvester, b. Dunbarton, Mar. 24, 1821 ; d. June 22, 
1822. 

II. 
Mary E., b. W., July 31, 1823 ; res. in W. 

III. 
Sylvester S., b. W., Feb. i, 1826; d. Aug. 28, 1827. 

IV. 
Sylvia J., b. W., Dec. 14, 1828; m. Nehemiah Ball, 
Sept. 22, 1847. After her husband's death, she married 
Harris Robinson, Aug. 5, 1858. She d. July 7, 1878. 

V. 
Sarah A., b. W., Sept. 21, 1832; m. Albert Davis, Jan. 
27, 1853. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 565 

PETTS. 

James Petts was born in Townsend, Mass., in 1756. 
He came to Washington, and was married to Susanna, 
dau. of Capt. Jonathan Brockway. They resided at the 
south part of the town, a short distance east of the farm 
where Stephen Mead settled, and where Jerry and Silas 
P. Gleason now reside. He d. in Washington, April 6, 
1837. His wife d. April 6, 18 — . Before coming to 
Washington, James Petts was a soldier in the Revolution. 
Children : — 



Betsey, b. W., Sept. 22, 1788; m. George Stone; res. 
in W., and afterward in Fitchburg, Mass., where she d., 
in 1856. 

II. 

James, Jr., b. W., Mar. 30, 1790. 

III. 

Susanna, b. W., Aug. 15, 1792; m. Sylvester Hubbard, 
and res. in Nashua; d. in 1857. 

IV. 

Sarah, b. W., Aug, 24, 1794; m. Josiah Davis, and res. 
in Norfolk, Mass.; d. in 1882. 

V. 

Polly, b. W., ; m. Reuben Davis; res. in Wal- 

tham, Mass.; where she died, in 185 1. 

VI. 

Phebe, b. W., ; m. Capt. Nickerson, and res. in 

Boston ; d. in Norfolk, Mass., in 1843. 

VII. 

Jonathan, b. W., (twin brother of Phebe) ; m. 

in Pottsdam, N. Y.; removed to Cleveland, Ohio. 



566 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

VIII. 

Asa, b. W., Apr, 9, 1801 ; m. Ann Dascomb, Apr. 16, 
1830; farmer and machinist, and has resided in Dedham 
and Waltham, Mass ; now res. in Waltham. His wife 
died in Waltham, July 6, 1884. 

PPIILRRICK. 

Jonathan Philbrick was a native of Seabrook, and was 
born July 4, 1767. He married Alice Butler of Notting- 
ham, May 28, 1789. His wife was born in Nottingham, 
Apr. 6, 1771. They resided in Pittsfield and Deerfield 
some years after their marriage, and removed from the lat- 
ter town to Washington, early in the present century. 
He settled on the turnpike, and built the large house 
where Wallace W. Dole now resides. The house, large 
as it is, was originally designed for a wing, but the main 
structure was never built. Doubtless the house was in- 
tended for a tavern, which in those days, found plenty 
of patronage in the heavy six horse teams which trav- 
eled to and from Boston. Capt. Philbrick was a man of 
much enterprise, and was the owner of a large amount 
of real estate. He removed from Washington to the 
state of New York, in his old age, but returned, and died 
in W., June 10, 1841. Children: — 

I. 

Harriet, b. Pittsfield, Feb. 24, 1790; m. John Bell, and 
res. in W. 

II. 

Samuel, b. Deerfield, Feb. 7, 1793; settled in Georgia 
in 1819; res. many years in Savannah, Ga., where he d. 
in 1855. 

III. 

Sally, b. Deerfield, Dec. i, 1795; d. May 10, 1822. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 567 

IV. 

Enoch B., b. Deerfield, Apr. 14, 1798; d. in W., Apr. 
I, 1822. 

V. 

Betsey B., b. Deerfield, Aug. 7, 1800; m. James Mapes, 
and resided in the state of New York. 

vr. 

Wm. B., b. Deerfield, Oct. 22, 1802. 

VII. 
Nabby, b. Washington, Apr. 18, 1808; d. Aug. i, 18 10. 

VIII. 
Benjamin F., b. W., Apr. 25, 1811. 

Samuel Philbrick, and Lydia, his wife, had the following 
children, whose births are recorded in Washington : — 

I. 

Leonard, b. May 25, 1797. 

II. 

Lucinda, b. Apr. 17, 1801. 

POWERS. 

Henry Powers was born in Harvard, Mass., Apr. 3, 
1753. He married Hannah Moore of Boylston, Mass., 
and resided during a part of his life in Berlin, Mass., 
where, he died, June 17, 1822. His wife died in Boylston, 
Mass., Aug. 23, 1811. 

Robert Powers, son of Henry and Hannah Powers, was 
born in Berlin, Mass., Aug. 3, 1780. He married Polly, 
dau. of John Powers, and resided in his native town. 

Levi M. Powers, son of Robert and Polly Powers, was 
born in Berlin, Mass., June 11, 1808. He married Ara- 
bella Rider of Woodford, Vt., Nov. 5, 183 1. He is a 
clergyman, and has resided since marriage in Bolton, 



568 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

Mass., Hillsborough, N. H., and Washington, settling in 
W., in 1849. He has been settled as pastor of churches 
in the towns just mentioned, and has supplied destitute 
churches in other towns. He is an esteemed citizen of 
the town. He represented Washington in the legislature, 
in 1854. Children: — 

I. 

Joel D., b. Woodford, Vt., Oct. 29, 1832; m. Dorcas 
Powers, Dec. 28, 1880; res. in Claremont. 

II. 

Wakeman J., b. Woodford, Vt., Dec. 23, 1833; m. Eliza 
A. Butters of Burlington, Vt., June 7, 1857; ^^s. princi- 
pally in Burlington and Washington ; now res. in W. 
Children : — 

(i) Albert J., b. Burlington, Vt., Feb. 20, 1861. 

(2) Wm. H., b. Burlington, Vt., Dec. 3, 1863; d. in 
Burlington, Mar. 6, 1866. 

(3) Charles H., b. Washington, Sept. 2, 1868; d. Oct. 
12, 1870. 

III. 

Anson S., b. Bolton, Mass., Aug. 12, 1836; m. Amy C, 
dau. of Reuben Spaulding of W., Dec. 23, 1853; res. in 
W. Children :— 

(i) Freeman H., b. W., May 5, 1861 ; m. Josephine 
Parrott, Dec. 18, 1881 ; res. in Wakefield, Mass. Child- 
ren : — 

1 Fred H., b. Wakefield, Mass., Sept. 15, 1883. 

2 Perley L., b. Washington, July i, 1885 ; d. in Wake- 
field, Mass., Sept. 27, 1885. 

(2) Auren L., b. W., Jan. 11, 1872. 

IV. 
Lewis A., b. Bolton, Mass., Feb. 8, 1838; m. Mrs. 
Sarah J. Severance, Aug. 23, 1856; was a soldier during 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 569 

the Rebellion, and died at Beaufort, S. C, Aug. /, 1862. 
Children : — 

(i) Dana A., b. W., Feb. 4, 1858; m. Ida F. Merrill, 
Apr. 15, 1880; res. in Hillsborough. 

(2) Sidney C, b. W., July 12, 1859; m. Orlena R. 
Sturtevant of Hillsborough, in 1882. 

(3) S. Nellie, b. W., Apr. 6, 1861 ; d. Jan. 20, 1862. 

V, 

Mary A., b. Bolton, Mass., Jan. 11, 1840; d. in Bolton, 
June 2, 1844. 

VI. 
Joseph A., b. Bolton, Mass., Oct. 12, 1842; was a sol- 
dier during the Rebellion ; is in business, with headquar- 
ters in Hartford, Conn. 

VII. 
Josephine M., b. Hillsborough, Aug. 25, 1844; m. 
Simon Ayer of W., June 3, 1873, and res. in Amherst. 

VIII. 

Robert J., b. Hillsborough, Mar. 27, 1846. 

IX. 
Lucinda E., b. Hillsborough, Dec. 27, 1848; d. in W., 
Sept. 8, 1879. 

X. 
Almira A., b. Washington, Feb. 2, 1850; m. John A. 
Burnham, Apr., 1877; res. in Francestown. 

XI. 

Tryphena F., b. W., Jan. 12, 1852; d. in W., June 19, 
1876. 

XII. 

Henry J., b. W., Oct. 31, 1854; m. Emerette A. Smart, 
Sept. 16, 1876; res. in Goshen until 1879, ^^^^ ^''^s since 
res. in Marlow. Children : — 

(i) S. Eugene, b. Marlow, May 11, 1879. 



570 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(2) John G., b. Marlow, Dec. 26, 1883. 

XIII. 

Walter G., b. W., July 7, 1857 ; m. Malvina A. Sanders, 
Nov. 27, 1879; rss. in East Lexington, Mass. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Arthur E., b. Chester, Vt., Apr. 25, 1881. 
(2) Evilla A., b. " July 16, 1883. 

PROCTOK. 

According to the records of Chelmsford, Mass., Israel 
Proctor of that town and Sarah Raymond of Concord, 
Mass., were united in marriage, Sept. 18, 1734. Phey re- 
sided in Chelmsford, and to them were born eight child- 
ren. Pwo of the sons, William and Nathan, and a dau., 
Hannah, came to Washington to reside at an early date. 

William Proctor, son of Israel and Sarah (Raymond) 
Proctor, was b. in Chelmsford, Mass., Feb. 20, 1747. He 
m. Mary, dau. of Oliver and Mary Proctor, May 11, 1769. 
Phey removed from Chelmsford to Washington in 1775, 
and settled on a farm near Millen Pond. After making 
some improvements he found his title to the land worth- 
less, which led to his removal to the farm near by, which 
is, at present, the home of Cyrus K. Farnsworth. Here 
he continued to reside many years. Phe last years of his 
life were spent with his children at the east part of the 
town, where he died, Feb. 19, 1846. He is said to have 
been a soldier during the Revolution, and was generally 
known as " Capt. Proctor." His wife d. Sept. 22, 1845, 
aged 96 years. Children : — 

I. 

Mary, b. Chelmsford, Mass., Apr. 6, 1770; removed, 
with her parents, to Washington, at the age of iive years. 
She resided with her parents until her marriage to Jona- 
than Brockway, Jr., of W., Feb. 24, 1789. A short 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 5/1 

time after marriage was spent in the woods with her hus- 
band, where they were engaged in making maple sugar, 
and in the spring they removed to the east part of the 
town and took possession of the farm now owned by Geo. 
W. Carr. The land was deeded to her husband, by his 
father, and was an almost or quite unbroken forest. She 
aided with her own hands in erecting a humble dwelling 
which stobd nearly in front of the spot where the large 
house now stands. Many hardships, unavoidably had to 
be endured in subduing the wilderness and building up 
their new home. Bears were numerous and often gave 
the new settlers alarm. At one time she left the house 
for a short time, its only occupant being a sleeping infant; 
returning she was horrified at the sight of a huge bear en- 
tering her front door. Her presence of mind caused her 
to make no outcry and the bear walked slowly through 
the house and passed out at the back door, leaving the 
child unharmed. She continued to res. on the farm 
where she began married life until her death, which oc- 
curred March 7, 1872, at the great age of one hundred 
and one years and eleven months. She retained her 
mental faculties to the close of life, and entertained many 
visitors, by her interesting and intelligent conversation 
relating to by-gone times. 

II. 
Sarah, b. Chelmsford, Mass., Feb. 6, 1772; m. Wm. 
Wright, and res. in the state of New York, where she d. 

III. 

Israel, b. Chelmsford, Mass., Jan. 30, 1774; m. Lydia 
Reed of Acton, Mass., March 7, 1798. With the excep- 
tion of a short res. in Windsor, Vt., he always resided in 
Washington, principally at the east part of the town. 
He died March 13, 1839. His wife died March 30, 1864. 
Children : — 

(i) Israel, b. W., Apr. 5, 1799; d. March 6, 1802. 



572 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(2) Roxanna, b. Windsor, Vt., March 12, 1801 ; m. 
Ziba Crane of Washington, Sept. 7, 1824; d. in W., Apr. 
27, 1844. 

(3) Lydia, b. W., March 27, 1803 ; d. June 4, 1803. 

(4) Martha, b. W., Aug. 14, 1804; m. Reuben Spaul- 
ding of W., Aug. 29, 1824; d. in W., Nov. 17, 1882. 

(5) Moses D., b. W., Jan. 5, 1807; m. Lucy, dau. of 
Jacob Wright, Jr., of W.; res. in W., first at the east part 
of the town and later in tlie Mountain district. He died 
July 17, 1845, and his widow afterward married Solomon 
Crane. She died April i, 1870. Children: — 

1 Philinda, b. W., May 4, 1832 ; m. James A. Crane 
of W., Dec. 21, 1848 ; res. in W. 

2 Mary E., b. W., Feb. 20, 1834; m. Benjamin P. 
Blood, March 25, 1853 ; res. in W. many years, but now 
res. in Petersburg, 111. 

3 Moses D., Jr., b. W., Apr. 21, 1836; m. Matilda M. 
Howlett of Bradford, Sept. 23, i860; was a soldier in the 
war of the Rebellion and d. at Hampton, Va., May 17, 
1864. 

4 Achsah L., b. W., Oct. 25, 1838; m. Hiram I. 
Hoyt, Dec. 3, 1861 ; res. in W. 

5 P^reeman W., b. W., June 5, 1842 ; d. May 7, 1845. 

(6) Israel, Jr., b. W., March 25, 1809; m. Mary, dau. 
of Eber Barnes of Hillsborough, June 3, 1835 ; res. in 
Washington, where he was an extensive and enterprising 
farmer. His wife died Jan. 17, 1878. Children: — 

I William L., b. W., Mar. 26, 1837. His early life 
was spent upon his father's farm, and in attending school, 
in the district where he resided, and at the academies at 
Washington and New London. At the age of twenty 
years he left home and engaged in the lumber business, 
in the employ of his uncle, Lawrence Barnes of Burling- 
ton, Vt. He remained there two years and then removed 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 573 

to Ogdensburg, N. Y., where he was engaged in the same 
business. By strict attention to business he has risen to 
the position of manager of the Skillings, Whitneys and 
Barnes Lumber Company, a firm doing an immense bus- 
iness in this and other countries. He held the office of 
alderman three years, and in 1871, was chosen mayor of 
Ogdensburg, which office he held four and a half years. 
In 1884, he was again elected mayor, which office he holds 
at the present time. He has held other important offices 
of trust during his residence in Ogdensburg. He was m. 
to Dolly P., dau. of Rev. J. M. Howard of Ogdensburg, 
Feb. 12, 1861. Children : — 

Son, b. Aug. 4, 1862 ; d. Aug. 9, 1862. 
Wm. H., b. Ogdensburg, N. Y., July 21, 1863. 
Lawrence M., b. " Aug, 16, 1865. 

Mary O., b. " Apr. 10, 1867. 

Nancy G., b. " Aug. 17, 1869. 

Mabel J., b. " July 6, 1872. 

2 Lucy, b. W., Feb. 25, 1838 ; d. Sept. 16, 1840. 

3 Emily C, b. W., Jan. 25, 1841 ; d. June 29, i860. 

4 Alfred G., b. W., Dec. i, 1842 ; m. Lucretia, dau. of 
Hiram Brockway of Hillsborough, Feb. 20, 1868 ; d. in 
W., Nov. 6, 1874; his wife died in W., July 25, 1876. 

5 Mary E., b. W., Apr. 8, 1845 ; m. Wm. A. Carr of 
Bradford, June 21, 1876; res. in Bradford. 

6 Henry L, b. W., Apr. 6, 1847 ! ^- Fannie E. Per- 
sons df Ogdensburg, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1870. He is a lum- 
ber merchant, and res. in Ogdensburg, N. Y. Children : — 

Mary F., b. Ogdensburg, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1870. 
Grace E., b. " Dec. 25, 1872. 

Charles E., b. " Mar. i, 1874. 

7 Lucelia, b. W., Nov. 5, 1848 ; m. Lawrence B. 
Bailey, Feb. 22, 1877; res. in Kansas City, Mo. 

8 Lucy B., b. W., Mar. 7, 1852; d. July 30, 1863. 



574 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

9 Charles D., born W., Feb. 22, 1856; m. Lizzie M. 
Barnes of Hillsborough, Apr. 9, 1878; res. in W., where 
his wife d., May 30, 1881. His second marriage was to 
Annie Alden, in July, 1882. He res. in Alexandria Bay, 
N. Y. Child :— 

Clarence, b. W., Jan. i, 1880. 

(7) Isaac, b. W., May 18, 1811 ; m. Mehitable W., dau. 
of Capt Dexter Sweet of W., Aug. 3, 1834, who died 
Jan. 18, 1845. He was married to Salona Sweet, a sister 
of his first wife, March 6, 1845 ; res. in W., where he 
was engaged in farming and manufacturing. He died 
in W., Jan. 22, 1878. Children : — 

(1st wife) 

1 Israel D., b. W., Dec. 18, 1836; m. Caroline A. 
Robbins, Dec. 5, 1858; res. many years in W., where he 
was engaged in manufacturing. He now res. in Gardner, 
Mass. Children : — 

George L., b. W., Dec. 19, 1861 ; m. Fannie L. Stacy 
of Rochester, N. H., in 1884; d. in Gardner, Mass., in 
March, 1886. 

Lizzie S., b. W., Dec. 13, 1863. 

Frank L., b. W., June 16, 1868. 

2 Lucy S., b. W., July 30, 1841 ; m. David W. Col- 
burn of Manchester, Apr. 4, 1863. He was a soldier 
during the Rebellion and died while in the service of his 
country. His widow m. John Smith of W., March 22, 
1884. He died Nov. 7, 1884. By her first husband she 
had one son, David W. Colburn, now a res. of Fitchburg, 
Mass. 

(2nd wife) 

3 Mehitable A., b. W., Nov. 25, 1846 ; m. Henry S. 
Gilman, June 28, 1881 ; res. in Goshen. 

4 Hartford B., b. W., July 5, 1850; d. March 30, 
1851. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 5/5 

(8) Lydia, b. W., Oct. 27, 1814; m. Frederick Wheeler 
of Acton, Mass., Mar. 25, 1832 ; res. in W. some years, 
but afterward res. in West Monroe, N. Y. She d. in 
West Monroe, Mar. 14, 1886. 

(9) Elizabeth, b. Aug. 27, 1816; d. Aug. 19, 185 1. 

(10) Lucy, b. W., June 27, 1819; d. Mar. 20, 1836. 

IV. 

Jesse, b. W., Mar. 8, 1776; d. in childhood. 

V. 

Raymond, b. W., Oct. 2, 1778; res. in Windsor, Vt, 
where he died. 

VI. 

Isaac, b. W., Oct. 2, 1780; m. Hannah Weld, Sept. 20, 
1807, who d. Feb. 6, 1837. His second wife was Jane 
Nichols, whom he married Sept. 20, 1838. He first re- 
sided in W., at the west part of the town, and afterward 
on the Goshen road, near the present school house. His 
last years were spent in Bradford, and in Vermont. He 
died Apr. 11, 1875. His wife d. Mar. 13, 1871. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Lucretia, b. W., Dec. 20, 1809; d. May 6, 1840. 

(2) Isaac W., b. W., Aug. 19, 1812 ; m. Elizabeth 
Drew, Nov. 10, 1835 ; res. in Framingham, Mass.; d. Sept. 
6, 1848. 

(3) Melvin, b. W., Apr. 3, 1816; m. Maria Whitcomb, 
Jan. II, 1838; res. in Claremont. Children: — 

1 Hannah M., b. Claremont, Sept. 25, 1839. 

2 Alvah W., b. " Feb. 8, 1843. 

3 Jennie L., b. " Aug. 14, 1852. 

4 Albro W., b. " Mar. 23, 1854. 

(4) Eliza A., b. W., Aug. 3, 1817; m. Hazen Ayer of 
W., Jan. 10, 1838; res. in Putney, Vt. 

(5) Alvah, b. W., Jan. 2, 1819; d. Jan. 22, 1841, in 
Framingham, Mass. 



5/6 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(6) Weld D., b. W., Oct. 29, 1820 ; m. Mary A. French, 
July 6, 1852; res. in Bradford, and Washington, but 
principally in W., which is his present place of residence. 
He is extensively engaged in farming. He has repre- 
sented W. in the legislature. Children : — 

1 Davenport F., b. W., Dec. 6, 1854; m. Emma A. 
Wellman, dau. of Nelson Wellman of VV., June 27, 1881 ; 
res. in W. Children : — 

Chester L., b. W., Mar. 28, 1882. 
Ellsworth, b. W., Mar. 6, 1883. 

2 Herbert P., b. W., June 23, 1856; res. in Hillsbor- 
ough. 

3 Nellie E., b. W., Dec. 20, 1859; ^- Nelson L. Bux- 
ton, Feb. 27, 1883 ; res. in Hillsborough. 

4 Ella N., b. W., Dec. 20, 1859; m. Geo. Emery, Apr. 
26, 1882; d. in Fitchburg, Mass., Apr. 14, 1884. 

5 Rosie E., b. W., Mar. 20, 1862. 

6 Birdsey W., b. W., Jan. 2, 1869. 

(7) Harriet L., b. W., Nov. 15, 1822; m. Whiting B. 
Davis in 1842 ; d. Nov. 24, 1846. 

(8) Sarah M., b. W., Aug. 21, 1824; m. David Holmes 
of R. I., May i, 1852 ; res. in Sylvania, Wis. 

(9) Lucy E., b. W., Oct. 4, 1827; m. Ayer and 

res. in Rockingham, Vt.; afterward went to Neb., and d. 
at Beatrice, in that state, Mar. 17, 1873. 

VII. 

Lucy, b. W^., Feb. 2, 1783 ; m. Samuel Warren of Wal- 
pole, Apr. 2, 1806; res. in Middlesex, Vt, 

VIII. 
Martha, b. W., March 19, 1785 ; m. Daniel Farnsvvorth, 
Aug. 7, 1806; lived and died in W.; d. March 16, 1875. 

IX. 
Abigail, b. W., June 3, 1787; m. Moses Ayer, Feb. 18, 
1810; d. in Putney, Vt. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 577 

X. 

William, Jr., b. W., May 24, 1789; m. Betsey Dickey; 
lived and died in Claremont. Some of their descendants 
res. in Stillwater, Wis, 

Nathan Proctor, a brother of Capt. Wm. Proctor, and 
son of Israel and Sarah (Raymond) Proctor, was born in 
Chelmsford, Mass., Apr. 20, 1751. He came to Wash- 
ington, where he held office as early as 1777. He m. 

Lydia , and the births of two children are found 

among the records of the town. Some of his descend- 
ants reside in Wisconsin. Children : — 

I. 

Lydia, b. Sept. 26, 1774. 

II. 

Molly, b. Nov. 27, 1776. 

Hannah Proctor, dau. of Israel and Sarah (Raymond) 
Proctor, and sister of Wm. and Nathan Proctor, was born 
in Chelmsford, Mass., Feb. 2, 1743. She married David 
Danforth and lived in Washington, near Millen Pond. 
She d. Jan. 12, 1842, at the age of nearly ninety-nine 
years. It will be noticed that her brother, Capt. Wm. 
Proctor, lacked but one day of ninety-nine years at the 
time of his death. 

Other families of Proctors res. in Washington early in 
its history, but we can learn nothing of their descend- 
ants. 

Josiah Proctor m. Susanna, dau. of Simon Chamberlain 
of W., Mar. 22, 1785. They had two children born in 
W., and it is believed that they afterward went to Ver- 
mont to reside. Their children, b. in W., were: — 

I. 

Rebecca, b. Jan. 26, 1786. 

II. 

Sally, b. Dec. 24, 1787. 



57''^ HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Isaac Proctor was a resident of Washington in 1786. 
To him and his wife, Sibel, was born : — 

I. 
Isaac, b. Sept. 14, 1786. 

Robert Proctor was a resident of Washington in 1778. 

PUTNEY. 

John Putney, and his wife, Judith (Ordway) Putney, 
came to Washington, from Deering, not far from the year 
1830, and settled on the south-east slope of Lovewell's 
Mountain, on the farm where John Vose first settled. 
He afterward removed to Bradford, where he resided 
many years, and where they both died. Two of their 
sons have been residents of Washington. 

Andrew J. Putney, son of John and Judith Putney, m. 
Julia A., dau. of Nathaniel G. Jones, and res. many years 
at East Washington. They afterward removed to Hills- 
borough, where they still reside. They have two children, 
both born in Washington. 

1. 

George H., b. Sept., 1856; m. Lizzie Duddleston of 
Waltham, Mass., where they reside. 

11. 

Charles G., b. March 2, 1861 ; res. in Hillsborough, and 
is the popular proprietor of the Valley Hotel. 

Benj. Frank Putney, son of John and Judith Putney, 
was born in Washington, June 6, 1831. He m. Lorinda 
J., dau. of Gardner and Rebecca Spaulding, Nov. 11, 1858. 
They res. in W. until 1868, when they removed to Brad- 
ford, where he died, June 27, 1883. His widow now res. 
in Washington. 

Greeley Putney is the son of Nathan Putney, and was 
born in Goshen, Jan. 24, 1827. He married Mary J. Beg- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 579 

ley, in June, 1848, and settled in Washington about the 
year 1852, where he still resides. Children : — 

I. 
Maria J., b. Sept. 26, 1849 ; m. Albert Codman ; died in 
W., March 11, 1872. 

II. 
Charles E., b. Feb. 4, 1851; m. Sadie D. Tandy of 
Goshen. His second wife was Clara L. Hunton, whom 
he married May 2, 1882 ; res. in Marlow. Child : — 

(i) Orville W., b. July i, 1881. 

III. 
Hannah L., b. Apr. 8, 1852; m. Albert G. Greenleaf, 
and res. in W. 

IV. 

Frank G., b. W., Oct. i, 1854; m. Eaton of Ac- 
worth, Feb. 2, 1882. 

V. 

Orville G., b. W., Oct. 17, 1855 ; m. Mary E. Eaton of 
Acworth, Jan. 25, 1879; res. in W. Children : — 

(i) Fred, b. W., Jan., 1880; d. aged 6 weeks. 
(2) Belinda, b. W., Jan., 1881. 

VI. 
Nellie M., b. W., July 22, 1857. 

VII. 
Mary M., b. W., Aug. 31, 1859; m. Myron W. Tenney, 
March 11, 1878 ; res. in Newport. 

VIII. 
Sadie A., b. W., May i, 1863. 

EEED. 

Joel Reed was born in Woburn, Mass., June 18,, 1757. 
He was the son of Eliphaz Reed, and before his settlement 
in Washington, he had been a resident of Francestown, 



580 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Deering and Antrim. Soon after the battle of Bunker 
Hill, he enlisted into the American army and served until 
the close of the war. He was engaged in the battles of 
Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Bennington and Yorktown. 
He settled in Washington in 1803, on the farm at the 
south-west part of the town where his grandson, John O. 
Metcalf, now resides. He was the first settler on that 
farm, the land being covered with an unbroken forest when 
he made his settlement. He afterward lived where the 
widow of George D. Reed now resides. His wife was 
Keziah Reed of Woburn, who died in 1845, ^t the age of 
eighty years. Joel Reed died in W., Mar. 19, 1830. His 
wife d. July 4, 1845. Children: — 

I. 

Keziah, b. Francestown, Sept. 30,'' 1787; m. John Met- 
calf, Feb. 12, 181 1 ; res. in W., where she d., Feb. 23, 
1874, aged 86 yrs., 4 mos., 23 ds. 

II. 

Mary, b. Francestown; d. in 18 19. 

III. 

Sally, b. Deering, about 1789; m. Silas Fisher, about 
the year 1835; res. in W.; d. Sept. 13, 1875. 

IV. 

Asa, b. Antrim ; m. Sarah Davis of Stoddard ; res. in 
W.; d. in 1830. Child:— 

V. 

Olive, b. Antrim, about 1799; m. Benjamin Jefts, in 
1825 ; res. in W., where she d., July i, 1849, aged 50 yrs. 

(i) George D., b. W., Oct. 11, 1821 ; m. Jennie Stacy 
of Stoddard, who d. June 4, 1876. He married for his 
second wife, Mrs. Lottie E. Stevens of Boston. He died 
in W., June 26, 1884. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 58 1 

John Reed was a native of Milton, Mass., and was born 
Feb. 21, 1777. He married Abigail May, in 1800, who 
died in Milton, in 1806. His second wife was Mrs. 
Salome (Spaulding) Vickery, widow of Amasa Vickery of 
Lempster. He resided for a time with his son, Charles, 
near East Washington, but spent his last days in Hills- 
borough, where he died, in 1847. His wife died in Hills- 
borough, Sept. 8, 1870. Children: — 

(1st wife) 
I. 
Charles, b. Milton, Mass., Apr. 15, 1802 ; m. Olive, dau. 
of Amasa Vickery, Dec. i, 1831 ; res. for a time in Nash- 
ua, and moved ^rom that city to W., in 1840, and resided 
on a farm at the east part of the town, where Weld D. 
Proctor now liVes. After res. there four years, he sold 
the farm to Geo. W. Cheney, and returned to Nashua, 
where he d., Oct. 2, 185 1. His widow res. in Medfield, 
Mass. Children : — 

(i) Emeline B., b. Dec. 17, 1832; m. Ralph Johnson, 
Aug. 13, 1854; res. in Medfield, Mass. 

(2) Mary, b. Mar. 17, 1838; d. Apr. 8, 1845. 

(3) Nancy, b. Dec. i, 1839; res. in Medfield, Mass. 

II. 

Wm., b. Milton, Mass., in 1803 ; d. in 1883. 

III. 

John, b. Milton, Mass., Jan. 8, 1805 ; d. in 1832. 

IV. 

Luther, b. Milton, Mass., in 1806; d. in 1806. 
(2ucl wife) 
V. 
Harriet, b. May 11, 181 3; m. Bailey; d. Sept. 

24, 1869. 



582 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

VI. 

Mary, b. June 4, 1824 ; d. June 24, 1825. 

VII. 
Sarah, b. July 4, 1826 ; d, in 1871. 

RICHAEDS. 

Josiah Richards came to Washington from Dedham, 
Mass., in 1779 or 1780, and settled in the Mountain dis- 
trict, in the neighborhood where Benjamin Newman, Jr., 
and Samuel Farrington once resided. He was born Nov. 
15, 1749, and before coming to Washington, was a sol- 
dier in the Revolution, and participated i« the battle of 
Bunker Hill. After res. in Washington some years, he 
returned to Dedham, where he died. Children : — 

I. 

Peyton, b. Dedham, Mass., Feb. 21, 1779 ; came to W., 
with his parents, in infancy ; m. Sally, dau. of Samuel 
Copeland of W., Dec. 15, 1803; res. many years in W., 
where he was a prominent citizen, and held much office. 
He d. in North Hyde Park, Vt., Sept. 24, 1864. His 
wife d. in W., March 6, 185 1. Children : — 

(i) Newton, b. W., Dec. 4, 1805 ; m. Eliza A. Boyd, 
Oct. 15, 1837; went to New Orleans in 1832, which was 
afterward his home. He d. Oct. 13, 1874. His wife died 
May 2, 1 88 1. Children :— 

1 Sarah E., b. N. O., Sept. 20, 1839; d. May, 1843. 

2 Peyton N., b. N. O., Aug., 1841 ; d. May, 1843. 
• 3 Mary E., b. N. O., Aug., 1849 ; d. Aug., 1853. 

4 Peyton C, b. N. O., Dec, 185 1 ; res. in New Or- 
leans. 

(2) Lucy, b. W., Sept. 6, 1808; m. Nathan Walker, 
Dec. 15, 1842 ; res. in Warner; d. Sept. 16, 1880. 



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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 583 

(3) Leonard, b. W., May 14, 18 10; m. Frances Cope- 
land, Sept. 14, 1842; res. in Charlestown, Mass. 

(4) Sarah, b. W., Oct. 8, 18 12; m. Jacob Wellman, 
Oct. 14, 1855 ; res. in Lempster. 

(5) Samuel C, b. W., Sept. 3, 181 5 ; m. Sophia F. 
Tanner, Sept. 7, 1845 ; res. in Charlestown, Mass.; d. 
Dec. 21, 1855. 

(6) Josephine, b. W., Oct. 10, 1817; m. Langdon 
Healy, July 28, 1837 ; res. many years in W., but now re- 
sides in Brooklyn, N. Y. 

(7) Luther C, b. W., Nov. 3, 1821 ; m. Hesse Boyce, 
Oct. 4, 1852; settled in New Orleans in 1836, where he 
now resides. He is a sugar broker. Children : — 

1 Charles F., b. N. O. 

2 Mary E., b. N. O. 

3 Rosina P., b. N. O. 

4 Samuel B., b. N. O. 

IL 

Nancy, b. Washington, Sept. 19, 1780; m. Nathaniel 
Whiting of Dedham, Mass., Apr. i, 1804; res. in Ded- 
ham, Mass., Washington and Amherst; d. in Amherst, 
Apr. 14, 1858. 

III. 

Newton, b. W., May 25, 1782 ; d. at the age of twelve 
years. 

IV. 

Josiah, Jr., b. W., May 30, 1784 ; was early thrown upon 
his own resources ; educated at Atkinson Academy, and 
began the study of medicine with Dr. Coggswell of that 
town. He was for a time employed in the naval hospital 
in Portsmouth, and later was assistant surgeon in the navy, 
during the war of 18 12, which position he held about two 
years. After leaving the navy he attended medical lec- 
tures at Dartmouth College, where he received the degree 



584 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

of M. D., in 181 5, He began practice in Chester, but in 
1 8 16, settled in Claremont, where the remainder of his 
life was spent, and where he had the respect and esteem 
of the people. He married Emily Haskell of Weathers- 
field, Vt., Dec. 17, 1816. He died in Claremont, Jan. 29, 
1871. Children: — 

(i) Marion, b. Claremont, Nov. 28, 18 17. 
(2) Helen, b. " Apr. 8, 1823; m. Sullivan 

W, Healy, of W., Mar. i, 1848; res. many years in W., 
but now resides in Claremont. 

V. 
Leonard, b. W., June 11, 1786 ; settled in Newark, N. J., 
in 1808, where he afterwards resided. 

VI. 
Willard, b. W., Aug. 28, 1788; place of res. unknown. 

VII. 
Clarissa, b. W., July 29, 1791 ; res. in Orange, Mass. 

VIII. 
Waitstill, b. W., Oct. 25, 1793 ; res. in Medfield, Mass. 

RITTER. 

David Ritter was the son of Daniel Ritter, and was 
born in Weston, Vt. (.■'). He married Amanda K. Sargent, 
dau. of Robert Sargent, by whom he had three children. 
He settled at East Washington in 1857. He was a sol- 
dier in the 9th N. H. reg't, during the Rebellion, and died 
in Petersburg, Va., Oct. 20, 1864, from the effects of a 
wound received in battle. Children : — 

I. 
Albion L., b. Strafford, Vt., June 25, 1844. 

II. 
Frank S., b. Lowell, Mass., May 26, 1849. 

III. 
Julia L., b. Lawrence, Mass., Aug. i, 1853. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 585 

ROSS. 

Kneeland Ross and Anna, his wife, appear to have re- 
sided at Washington Center, but there is little known of 
their history. The records of Washington mention the 
following children : — 

1. 
Adam, b. Oct. 2, 1778. 

II. 
Anna, b. June 24, 1784. 

III. 
Hazadiah, b. Nov. 3, 1787. 

IV. 
Porter, b. May 29, 1789. 

V. 

Asa, b. Aug. 18, 1793. 

EOUNSEVEL. 

Joseph Rounsevel, one of the early settlers of Wash- 
ington, came from Middleborough, Mass., between the 
years 1768 and 1772. The family had previously resided 
at East Freetown, Mass., and according to some accounts 
came from that town to Washington ; but according to 
the best evidence, Joseph Rounsevel came to Washington 
from MiddleborougH. He settled and built a house very 
close to the spot where the large brick house of J. Henry 
Newman now stands. He was a prominent man in town 
affairs, and held many offices of trust, including that of 
representative to the general court of the state. He was 
moderator of the first town meeting held after the name 
of the town was changed from Camden to Washington. 
He was active in business, and erected a mill, on what is 
now Water St., at the center of the town. He died and 
was buried in W'ashington, but the date of his death is 
not known. Children : — 



586 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

I. 

Alden, b. Mass.; married Hannah Weld of W., and res. 
in Washington at the summit of Faxon Hill, near the 
center of the town. He afterward res. in Unity. The 
date and place of his death are not known, although his 
remains are interred at Washington. Children : — 

(i) Alden W., b. June i, 1805; m. Eleanor L. Bain; 
res. in Dedham, Mass., Washington and Claremont ; d. in 
Claremont, Feb. 22, 1880. His wife died in W., in 1846. 
Children : — 

1 Wm. B., b. Dedham, Mass., Jan. 14, 1838. 

2 Charles S., b. " Aug. 22, 1839; is a 
physician, and resides in Nashua. 

3 Elbridge G., b. W., Feb. 3, 1842. 

4 Henry A., b. W., March 23, 1844. 

5 Lyman H., b. W., Apr. 23, 1846. 

II. 

Charity S., b. , Mass.; m. Manasseh Farns- 

worth of Washington, July 8, 1784. 

III. 

Phebe, b, , Mass.; lived and died in Washington. 

IV. 

John, b. , Mass., 1768; m. Rebecca Chamber- 
lain of W., Dec. 18, 1794. Soon after their marriage 
they removed to Unity, where they lived until 1800, when 
they settled in Caroline, Tompkins Co., N. Y., and ever 
afterwards res. in that state. He died in Richford, N. 
Y., June I, 1844. His wife d. in the same town, Jan. 17, 
1838. Children:— 

(i) Sophia, b. Unity, in 1796; m. Samuel Tobey of 
Maine ; d. in the West, at the age of y^ years. 

(2) Harriet, b. Caroline, N. Y., Jan., 1801 ; was the 

first white child born in that town ; m. Krum, and 

res. in Slaterville, N. Y. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 587 

(3) Abram H., b. Caroline, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1804. 

(4) Wm. A., b. " 1809. 

(5) Charles J., b. Berkshire, N. Y., in 1812. 

V. 

Rosamond, b. ; m. Thomas Putman, Sept. 24, 

1787. 

vr. 

Royal, b. Washington, 1772; m. Betsey Swett ; res. in 
Unity, and was a teacher and farmer ; d. in Unity, Sept. 
17, 1829. His wife d. in Unity, Jan. 22, 1837. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Joseph, b. Unity, Jan.^ 1796; m. Betsey Saughton 
of Unity, in 1819 ; d. in Jan., 1858. 

(2) Minerva, b. Unity, Feb., 1799; m. John Stowell 
of W., June 29, 1840; d. July 9, 1847. 

(3) Elle I., b. Unity, Feb., 1801 ; m. Orril Beckard of 
Charlestown, N. H., in 1821 ; d. in Sept., 1852. 

(4) Lyman, b. Unity, Nov., 1805 ; m. Sarah G. P. 
Sparling of Unity, Jan. 27, 1829; res. in Newport. 

(5) John P., b. Unity, Jan. 2, 181 5 ; m. Sarah J. Bai- 
ley in April, 1849; has res. in Unity, Littleton, Sunapee 
and Claremont, and in California. He is a merchant and 
dealer in wool, and resides in Claremont. Child : — 

I Charles W., b. Littleton, June 25, 1856. 

RUSSELL. 

Stephen Russell, son of John Russell, was born in Ma- 
son, Dec. 3, 1786. He married Abigail Elliot of Mason, 
and settled in Washington, and built a mill at the west 
part of the town, which has since been known as Rus- 
sell's Mill. Children :— 

I. 

Maria, b. June 26, 1812; m. Frank Wilder of Lancas- 
ter, Mass. 



588 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

11. 

Abigail, b. Mar. 30, 1814; m. Elijah Huntley, in 1840. 

III. 
Allen, b. Feb. 11, 18 16; d. July 20, 1870. 

IV. 

Mary A., b. Nov. 4, 1818 ; m. Asa Baker of Goshen. 

V. 

Sarah J., b. Sept. 11, 1821 ; m. •Willis Huntley, Mar. 
23, 1843. 

VI. 
Eliza, b. Nov. 20, 1824; m. Sumner Raymond, in Feb., 
1845 \ res. in Keene. 

VII. 
Martha, b. Dec. 28, 1827; m. Samuel Severance of 
Rutland, Mass.; d. June 8, 1864. 

VIII. 

Cynthia, b. Apr. 8, 1830; m. George Elliot, and res. in 
Keene. 

Amos Russell, son of John Russell, and brother of 
Stephen, was born in Mason, Aug. 18, 1791. He mar- 
ried Sarah W., dau. of Stephen Mead of Washington, 
June 27, 1820. He settled on the farm which had been 
previously occupied by Zadoc Merriam, and which is now 
the home of Stephen M. Farnsworth. He was enterpris- 
ing and influential, and retained his mental and physical 
vigor to a great age. He died Oct. 30, 1883. His wife 
died Mar. 2, 1875. Children : — 

I. 

Joseph B., b. W., Feb. 2, 1822; m. Sophronia Brack- 
ett of Marlow, June 10, 1852; res. in Langdon. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Flora B., b. July 28, 1861. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 589 

(2) Ira M., b. Aug. 17, 1864. 

(3) Dean S., b. May 14, 1867. 

II. 

Lucy M., b. W., Aug. 9, 1824; m. Jacob VV. Sanborn, 
Apr. 19, 1854; res. in Claremont. 

III. 

Hiram F., b. W., Mar. 25, 1827; m. Lucy C, dau. of 
Ammi W. Millen of W., May 18, 1859; res. in Marlow. 
Child :— 

(i) Arthur M., b. Marlow, Sept. 26, 1868. 

IV. 
Freeman W., b. W., Oct. 26, 1829; m. Lucinda O. 
Mills, Apr. 20, 1858; res. in Deering. 

V. 
George S., b. W., Feb. 22, 1833 ; m. Mary A. Huntley, 
May 5, 1864, who died Mar. 6, 1880. His second mar- 
riage was to Juliette Chappell of Walpole, Aug. 21, 1883. 
He resides in Marlow. Children : — 

(i) Georgianna, b. Marlow, July 18, 1866. 
(2) Marian, b. Marlow, Sept., 1870. 

VI. 

Alvira B., b. W., Nov. 29, 1838 ; m. Stephen M. Farrts- 
worth, Nov. 24, 1864; res. in VV. 

SAFFORD. 

John Safford, who was born July 14, 1742, O. S., came 
from Harvard, Mass., to Washington, between the years 
1769, and 1 77 1, and settled on the farm near the center 
of the town, which is now owned and occupied by his 
grandson, Joseph, and his great grandson, Joseph B. Saf- 
ford. No other farm in Washington, with the exception 
of the farm of Charles H. Lowell,' has been in the posses- 
sion of a family so long. Previous to his settlement in 



590 HISTORY OF WASHlKGTON. , 

Washington, he mairied Mehitable Farnsworth, dau. of 
Simeon Farnsworth, Senior. He was a prominent citi- 
zen, and frequently held office. He was chosen town 
clerk and first selectman, at the first town meeting held 
after the name of the town was changed from Camden to 
Washington. He d. Apr. 4, 1823. His wife d. Mar. 20, 
1826. Children: — 



John, Jr., b. Harvard, Mass., Aug. 12, 1765 ; was a 
farmer, and when a young man removed to Dexter, Me., 
where he died, Jan. i, 1822. His w,ife, whose name is 
unknown, d. in Dexter, Me., Mar. 23, 1854. Children: — 

(i) John, b. Dexter, Me., June i, 1794. 



(2) Lucinda, b. 

(3) Mehitable, b. 

(4) Isaiah K., b. 

(5) Lucy, b. 

(6) Emily, b. 



Sept. 22, 1796. 
July 13, 1798. 
Dec. 5, 1800. 
Dec. 30, 1802. 
Jan. 23, 1806. 



II. 

Martha, b. Harvard, Mass., Mar. 11, 1767; m. Roswell 
Bingham and lived in Dempster. 

III. 

Mehitable, b. Harvard, Mass., June 18, 1769; d. in W., 
Aug. 29, 1777. 

IV. 

Stephen, b. Washington, Nov. 21, 1771 ; d. May 31, 
1777. 

V. 

Mark, b. W., May 12, 17^3 ; d. Aug. 29, 1777. 

VI. 

Simeon, b. W., May 17, 1775 ; d. May 2^, 1777. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 59I 

VII. 

Simeon, b. W., July 29, 1776; m. Sally Rogers, and 
res. in Dexter, Me., where he died, Sept. 13, 1845. ^^ 
was a mason by trade. Children : — 

(i) Simeon, Jr., b. Dexter, Me., Jan. 8, 1805 ! ™- 
Sarah Washburn, March 13, 1828 ; res. in Abbott and 
Corrinna, Me.; d. in Corrinna, Me., May 26, 1882. His 
wife died in Dexter, Me., Apr. 29, 1883. 

(2) Calvin, b. Dexter, Me., June 23, 1806. 

(3) Hiram, b. " ' Oct. 21, 1809. 

(4) Mary, b. " May 7, 18 13. 

(5) John, b. " Sept. 27, 18 14. 

(6) Ward, b. " July 19, 18 17. 

(7) Sarah, b. " Nov. 19, 18 19. 

VIII. 

Mehitable, b. W., Oct. 10, 1779; d. Dec. 28, 1785. 

IX. 

Mark, b. W., Aug. 10, 178:2; m. Mercy Barrett of 
Mason, Jan. 30, 1807 ; was a farmer and res. in Washing- 
ton, where his father first settled ; d. Apr. 5, 1844. His 
wife d. Dec. 21, 1867. Children : — 

(i) Lucy, b. W., Feb. 19, 1808; m. John Cummings, 
June 6, 1833 ; d. in Haverhill, N. H., July 20, 1842. 

(2) Ward D., b. W., Apr. 24, 1810 ; m. Mrs. Sarah 
(Way) Booth, dau. of George Way, Jan. 27, 1850 ; res. in 
W., where he d., May 26, 1884. He was a good citizen, 
and was respected by all. 

(3) John B., b. W., Nov. 9, 181 1; was engaged in 
business in Ouincy Market, Boston ; d. Oct. 21, 1833. 

{4) Mary, b. W., Feb. 3, 1814; m. Samuel Daniels, 
Aug. 17, 1837; res. near Jacksonville, 111.; d. Sept. 20, 
1885. 

(5) Joseph, b. W., June 17, 1816; m. Mary W. Fifield, 
July 29, 1 841 ; is a respected citizen of the town, where 



592 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

he has always resided on the farm occupied previously by 
his father and grandfather. Children : — 

1 John L., b. W., Sept. 22, 1843; m. Sarah E. Grain, 
dau. of Joshua D. Grain of W., Sept. 26, 1871 ; res. in 
W., where he is engaged in mechanical pursuits. Ghild- 

ren : — 

» 

Mary E., b. W., June 24, 1873 ; d. Jan. 27, 1884. 
Carroll D., "b. W., Aug. 4, 1875. 
Ruth E., b. W., Nov. 16, 188 1. 

2 Joseph B., b. W., March 11, 1846; m. Jennie L. 
Heath of Marlow, Dec. 29, 1880; res. in W., on the old 
homestead. Children : — 

Robert R., b. W., June 24, 1883 ; d. March 31, 1884. 
Luzern, b. W., Feb. 6, 1885, 

(6) Mark, Jr., b. W., July i, 18 18 ; m. Eliza Lamprey, 
Aug. 10, 1844; is a mechanician and inventor, and has 
resided, during the most of his married life, in Boston 
and Melrose, Mass. He now res. in W. Child : — 

George A., b. Boston, July 9, 1849. 

(7) Harriet, b. W., June 27, 1822 ; res. in W. 

(8) George M., b. W., Nov. 29, 1824; graduated at 
Dartmouth College in 1852, and became a teacher; was 
principal of the Mount Pleasant school in Nashua, at the 
time of his death, which occurred Oct. 21, 1853. 

X. 

Lucy, b. W., Apr. 6, 1788; d. Nov. 13, 1800. 

XL 

Ward, b. W., Apr. 6, 1788; prepared for college at 
Phillips Academy, at Andover, Mass., and entered the 
sophomore class at Yale College in 1809, where he grad- 
uated, Sept. 9, 18 1 2. He studied theology at Yale, and 
was licensed to preach in 18 15. He began his ministe- 
rial labors in the city of New York, where he labored 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 593 

chiefly as a missionary for the Female Missionary Society 
for the poor of New York, and for the New York Marine 
Missionary Society. He organized the Marine Bible So- 
ciety of New York, in 1817, and it was through his efforts 
that the Mariners' Church was built in that city, in 1820. 
In 1820 he became agent of the American Bible Society, 
his work being confined to the Middle and some of the 
Southern states. In 1822 he became pastor of the Bow- 
ery Church in New York City, where he remained until 
1828. He then removed to New Jersey, and in 1830 
became pastor of a church in Youngstown, Ohio. In 
1837 feeble health compelled his resignation, and he re- 
turned to the East, and after preaching for a short time at 
West Stockbridge, Mass., he became principal of a ladies' 
seminary at Pittsfield, Mass. He was afterward engaged 
in teaching in Hudson and Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1844 he 
removed to Newark, N. J., and thence to Bloomfield, in 
the same state, in 1845. He died in Bloomfield, Mar. 26, 
185 I. He was married to Hannah Ward of Newark, N. 
J., Mar. 23, 1 8 19. She died at Youngstown, Ohio, Dec. 
13, 1836. His second wife was Mary L. Burnham of 
Derry, N. H., whom he married Oct. i, 1841. She died 
in Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1843. The name of the Saf- 
ford family was originally Stafford, and, at the age of 
twenty-one, Ward Safford caused the t to be inserted, and 
his name was afterward written Stafford. Children : — 

(i) Henry M., b. N. Y. City, Jan. 19, 1820; d. at 
Stockbridge, Mass., Oct. 7, 1838. 

(2) Mary, b. N. Y. City, Sept. 27, 1821 ; m. Albert Ai- 
ling of Newark, N. J., June 14, 1859; res. in Bloomfield, 
N. J. 

(3) Ward D., b. N. Y. City, Aug. 9, 1823; m. Mrs. 
Abby Andruss of Newark, N. J., Aug., 185 1. 

(4) Thomas W., b. N. Y. City, Sept. 10, 1825. 

(5) Julia, b. Newark, N. J., May 31, 1828; d. at Hud- 
son, N, Y., Oct. 24, 1 841. 



594 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

(6) Elizabeth, b. Youngstown, O., July 4, 1831 ; d. at 
Youngstown, July 4, 1833. 

(7) John, b. Youngstown, O., Feb. 7, 1834; m. Min- 
nie Seaman of Barronsfield, Nova Scotia, Nov., 1879. 

(8) Jane, b. Youngstown, O., Dec. 5, 1836; d. Dec. 6, 
1836. 

(2nd wife) 

(9) Samuel B,, b. 1841 ; d. Mar. 4, 1842. 

SAMPSON. 

Abner Sampson, one of the earliest settlers in Wash- 
ington, was born about the year 1743, and came from 
Harvard, Mass., to Washington, as early as 1777, as he 
held office in town that year. Probably he came several 
years prior to that date, as only one of his children ap- 
pears to have been born in Harvard, and that in 1773. 
His wife was Lucy Farnsworth, dau. of Simeon Farns- 
worth, Senior. Abner Sampson was an inn holder and 
resided first in the neighborhood of Freezeland Pond, and 
later on the spot where John L. Safford now resides, at 
the center of the town. He died Oct. 8, 1797. His wid- 
ow married Samuel Hurd of Newport, Nov. 28, 1799, ^^^ 
died Feb. 26, 1825. Children : — 

I. 

Ward, b. Harvard, Mass., Jan. 4, 1773 ; m. Elizabeth 
Wood, Jan. 6, 1800; res. in Washington, and was very 
prominent in town affairs. He d. Sept. 10, 1850. His 
wife died Oct. 29, 1827. Children : — 

(i) Cyrus, b. W., May 26, 1801 ; d. Aug. 13, 1802. 

(2) Eliza, b. W., Aug. 23, 1804; m. Nathaniel Fisher, 
Oct. 7, 1827 ; d. in Boston, Nov. 28, 1837. 

(3) Sophronia, b. W., March 27, 1806; d. Oct. 13, 
1825. 

(4) John, b. W., June 25, 1810; d. Mar. 3, 1811. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 595 

II. 

Lucy, b. (prob. in W.,) Dec. 17, 1775 ; d. Sept. 5, 1777. 

III. 
Patty, b. W., May i, 1777; m. Amos Chase, Sept. 3, 
1798; res. for a time in Cornish. 

IV. 
Lucy, b. W., Nov. 11, 1779; d. Aug. 17, 1781. 

SEATON. 

John Seaton was a native of Scotland and found his 
way to Ireland with his brother Andrew. From Ireland 
he emigrated to America, and settled in Boxford, Mass., 
in 1729. 

John Seaton, Jr., son of the preceding, married Ismenia 
Seaton, dau. of his uncle, Andrew Seaton, and res. in 
Amherst, N. H. From Amherst he removed to Wash- 
ington, in 1787. He d. in 1793. His wife died in Han- 
cock, about the year 1797. Children : — 

I. 

Elizabeth, b. Amherst, Nov., 1744. 

II. 

Jane, b. Amherst, Oct. 6. 1746; m. Samuel Stanley; d. 
Dec, 1812. 

III. 
Andrew, b. Amherst, Aug. 22, 1748; d. Jan. 10, 1749. 

IV. 
Mary, b. Amherst, Jan. 14, 1750. 

V. 
Margaret, b. Amherst, Apr. 22, 1752; m. Timothy 
Hartshorn. 

VI. 

Martha, b. Amherst, Feb. 27, 1754; m. Jesse Stevens,. 
Apr. 13, 1786. 



596 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

VII. 

John, b. Amherst, Apr. 8, 1756; resided in Amherst. 

VIII. 
Anna, b. Amherst, July 5, 1760; m. John Duncan of 
Antrim, Oct., 1801 ; d. Oct. 4, 1834. 

IX. 

Andrew, b. Amherst, Nov. 4, 1762; m. Polly ; 

res. in Merrimack, Nottingham West, and Hancock. In 
Hancock he was engaged in trade, being a member of the 
firm of Seaton and Gordon. 

According to the records of Washington, James Seaton 
of Washington married Nabby Stevens of Hopkinton, 
Feb. 12, 1793. Nothing further is known of him. 

SEVERANCE. 

The Severances of Washington and vicinity are de- 
scendants of John Severance', who was a resident of 
Salisbury, Mass., in 1654. 

Ephraim Severance*, son of Ebenezer^ grandson of 
Ephraim-, and great grandson of John Severance', was 
born in Ipswich, Mass., in Nov., 1723. He was bap- 
tized Nov. 17, 1723. 

He came to Washington and settled at a very early 
date, and was a member of the first board of selectmen in 
1777, after the name of the town was changed from Cam- 
den to Washington. In his old age he removed to Tops- 
ham, Vt., with his son, Daniel, and there died at an 
advanced age. We have knowledge of four of his sons 
and two daughters ; viz. Ephraim, Daniel, Rufus, Abel, 
Abigail and Molly. 

Ephraim, Jr., son of Ephraim Severance, was a soldier 
in the Revolution. There is a tradition that he was 
killed at the battle of White Plains, but the best author- 
ity. Rev. John F. Severance, the compiler of the Sever- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. $97 

ance Genealogy, believes the statement to be erroneous. 
To substantiate his views he states that one Ephraim 
Severance enlisted from New Ipswich, N. H., Feb. i, 
1777, was wounded Oct. 7, 1777, and was with his regi- 
ment at Stillwater, New York, Oct. 11, 1777, a year after 
the battle at White Plains. It is uncertain whether he 
ever resided in Washington. 

Daniel Severance, son of Ephraim Severance, Sen., was 
born about the year 1750; is supposed to have come to 
Washington, from the vicinity of New Ipswich, soon after 
it was granted to Kidder, and is known to have been a 
resident as early as 1778. It is believed that he first 
resided at the west part of the town, but near the close 
of the last century we find him residing at the east part 
of the town, a few rods west of the school house, on. a 
farm which he sold to Nathaniel Gordon, about the year 
1796. He left Washington and res. in Topsham, Vt., a 
short time, but finally returned to Washington, where he 
died. Mar. 10, 18 17. His wife was Betsey Safford of New 
Ipswich. She died in 1825 or 1826. Daniel Severance 
is said to have been a soldier in the Revolution. Child- 
ren : — 

I. 

Daniel, Jr., b. W.; m. Abigail, dau. of Rufus Severance 
of W., Aug. 23, 181 5 ; removed to New York or Ohio. 

II. 

Benjamin, b. W., in 1782; m. Betsey Dodge of An- 
dover, Vt.; res. some years in Washington; afterward 
settled in Claremont, where he d., Sept. 29, 1825. His 
wife d. July 27, 1858, aged 74 yrs. Children : — 

(i) Charles, b. W., Dec. 21, 1805 ; removed to Michi- 
gan, and at one time res. at Wallis Lake, in that state. 

(2) Ezra, b. W., June 24, 1809; settled in Michigan; 
d. Jan. 10, 1879. 

(3) Betsey, b. W., 1808; d. Feb. 7, 1863. 



59^ HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(4) Joseph, b. W., July 4, 1810; d. in Enfield, Feb. 18, 
1848. 

(5) Daniel, b. W., Feb. 26, 1812. 

(6) Nathan, b. W., in 181 3 ; d. Apr. 21, 1839. 

(7) Benj., Jr., b. W., July i, 1814; m. Lois F. Osgood. 

(8) Loammi, b. W., Sept. 20, 18 15. 

(9) Lucinda, b. W., Feb. 6, 18 17; m. Wm. Redfield. 

(10) Mary, b. W., Apr. 10, 1818; m. John Milton. 

(11) Lewis, b. Mar. 25, 1822. 

III. 

Nathan, b. W.; d. in Claremont. 

IV. 

Reuben, b. W., about 1787 ; drowned near Cape Breton 
Island, in May, 18 18, aged 31 yrs. 

V. 

Name unknown ; probably settled in British provinces. 

VI. 

Micah, b. W.; probably settled in British provinces. 

VII. 

Abijah, b. W., June 15, 1793; m. Hannah Searles of 
Townsend, Mass.; was in the war of 181 2, and was sta- 
tioned at Portsmouth ; res. principally in Lempster, and 
afterward lived in Claremont, Newport, and East Bridge- 
water, Mass.; d. at East Bridgewater, Mass., Nov. i, 1865. 
Children : — 

(i) George, b. Lempster, Feb. 12, 1820; is a clergy- 
man, and res. in Vermont. 

(2) Mary A., b. Lempster, Aug. 3, 1821. 

(3) Walter, b. " , 1823. 

(4) James F., b. " Apr. 7, 1827. 

(5) Sarah B., b. Claremont, , 1835. 

VIII. 

Joel, b. W.; d. in Claremont. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 599 

IX. 

William, b. W.; settled in New York, where he d. 

X. 
Name unknown ; probably settled in British provinces. 

XI. 
Betsey, b. W. 

Rufus Severance, son of Ephraim Severance, Sen., 
came from the vicinity of New Ipswich, N. H., and settled 
at the east ^art of Washington, on the farm which he sold 
to Abijah Monroe, and which is now the home of Daniel 
L. Monroe. He married Martha Flagg of Washington, 
Apr. 20, 1785, and always resided in Washington, where 
he died, about the year 1835. Children : — 

I. 

Sally, b. W., Mar. 12, 1786; died, aged about 16 yrs. 

II. 

Rufus, Jr., b. W., Nov. 29, 1788; m. Lydia, dau. of 
Joseph Crane of W., in 18 12, and with the exception of a 
few years, spent in Lempster, his life was spent in Wash- 
ington, where he died, Apr. 22, 1851. His wife d. Jan. 6, 
1877, aged 89 yrs. Children : — 

(i) Phidelia, b. Oc!. i, 1812; m. Moses H. Chase, 
and for her second husband, Ebenezer M. Smith of W., 
Feb. 8, 1850; res. in W, 

(2) Joseph C, b. Lempster, May 9, 181 5 ; m. Eliza J. 
Buzwell of Wilmot, Mar. 19, 1846; is a farmer, and has 
spent his married life in Washington, where he now re- 
sides. Children : — 

1 Lydia C, b. W., Feb. 22, 1847 ; d. Mar. 10, 1847. 

2 Hiram J., b. W., July 10, 1848; m. Savallah E. 
Chase, Nov. 25, 1878; res. in Loudon. 

3 Alberto D., b. W., July 19, 1850; d. Aug. 10, 1858. 



600 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

4 Addie C, b. W., Apr. 26, 1853 ; d. Aug. 10, 1858. 

5 Oralin S., b. W., Mar. 23, 1857; d. Sept. i, 1858. 

6 George W., b. W., Nov. 16, 1859; res. in W. 

7 Kate B., b. W., May 6, 1863 ; d. Mar. 6, 1864. 

(3) Hezekiah M., b. Lempster, Oct. 5, 1817; m. Sarah 
J. Marshall, in Nov., 1842 ; res. in W. 

(4) Maria P., b. May 9, 1823; m. Daniel F. Carey, 
July 4, 1844. Her second husband is Moses H. Chase, 
whom she married Feb. 17, 1849. They now reside in 
Hillsborough. 

III. 
Joseph, b. W., Sept. 19, 1790; m. Mary, dau. of 
Ephraim Davis of W., in 1813; resided in Washington 
and Lempster, principally in W., where he died, Mar. 11, 
1858. His wife d. in W., Sept. 13, 1857, aged 74 years. 
Children : — 

(i) Ephraim, b. W., Dec. 9, 181 3; d. Dec, 1839. 

(2) Sarah D., b. W., July 3, 1815; m. Nathaniel 
Friend, and res. in W. and Stoddard ; now res. in W. 

(3) William D., b. W., Sept. 25 1816; m. Clarissa 
Edes, a native of Greenfield, Dec. 18, 1842 ; have always 
res. in W. Children : — 

1 Franklin W. (step son of Wm. D. Severance), b. 
June 1 1, 1842 ; was a soldier during the Rebellion, and d. 
in Virginia, Sept. 16, 1862. 

2 Mary R., b. W., July 30, 1844; res. in W. 

3 Edward W., b. W., Mar. 9, 1847; was a soldier in 
the i6th N. H., reg't, during the Rebellion; m. Melissa, 
dau. of Nelson Wellman, Oct. 9, 1876; res. in W. 

4 , Hiram A., b. W., May 28, 1850; m. Ellen D., dau. 
of Alfred Tandy of W., in 1872; res. in W. Children: — 

Hatch C, b. W., Mar. 28, 1873. 
Hattie M., b. W., Mar. 28, 1875. 
Mabel E., b. W., July 4, 1879. 



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5 Sarah J., b. W., Mar. 6, 1853 ; d. Oct. 6, 1855. 

(4) Rosina, b. ; d. in infancy. 

(5) Joel, b. Lempster, Apr. 13, 1820; m. Lucy, dau. 
of Jeremiah Fletcher of W., Apr., 1846. She d. Mar. 7, 
1852. His second wife was Eliza J., dau. of David Dole 
of W., whom he m. June 6, 1852. He resided in W., 
where he was an industrious and successful farmer. He 
represented the town in the legislature. His death oc- 
curred in W., Nov. 4, 1879. His wife died Mar, 15, 
1886. Child by first wife :— 

I Arthur F., b. W., Mar. 6, 1852 ; m. Mary A., dau. 
of Enoch P. Gove of Unity, June 7, 1876; resides in W. 
Children : — 

Fred B., b. W., Mar. 17, 1880. 
Willis E., b. W., Feb. 28, 1882. 
Enoch A., b. W., Aug. 12, 1884. 

(6) Lucy, b. Lempster, Mar. 4, 1823 ; m. Abel Davis ; 
d. in W., Feb. 4, 1854. 

(7) Joseph, b. W., Aug. 12, 1825 ; m. Adaline Putney 
of Bradford, Sept. 6, 1857 ; have res. in W., Mario w, 
Stoddard and Hillsborough ; now res. in Washington. 
Children : — 

1 Alura G., b. Stoddard, Sept. 10, 1858; m. Albert N. 
Cooledge, Dec. 25, 1875 ; now res. in Hillsborough. 

2 Herbert D., b. Stoddard, Mar. 10, i860. 

3 Fred R., b. " June 10, 1861 ; d. in 1864. 

4 Delia M., b. Marlow, Nov. 24, 1864 ; m. Charles C. 
Strickland, May 7, 1882. 

5 Clarence E., b. Marlow, May 2, il 

6 Wm. J., b. W., Nov. 22, 1870. 

7 Lizzie J., b. W., Feb. 22, 1873. 

8 Ernest B., b. W., Aug. 8, 1879. 



602 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

IV. 

Ephraim, b. W., Apr. 19, 1792 ; m. Mary A. Rollins of 
Hillsborough ; res. in Hillsborough, Stockbridge, Vt., and 
Hopkinton. His wife d. in Hillsborough, Apr. 15, 1854, 
and he was married to Martha Eastman, Nov. 28, 1854. 
He died in Hillsborough, July 24, 1862. Children : — 

(i) Hiram ]., h. Hillsborough, Aug. i, 1818; died in 
Hillsborough, Aug. 12, 1848. 

(2) Lucinda J., b. Hillsborough, Nov. 7, 1819; m. 
Timothy W. Chase of Hopkinton. She now resides in 
Hopkinton. 

(3) Jonathan, b. Stockbridge, Vt., May 6, 1824; m. 
Harriet B. Copps of Hopkinton, Nov. 27, 1849; res. in 
W., and is a prosperous farmer and an esteemed citizen. 
He represented the town in the legislature, in 1881 and 
1882. His wife died Jan. 9, 1883. Children : — 

1 Lovilla, b. W., Mar. 22, 185 i ; d. May 16, 1853. 

2 Loren P., b. W., Apr. 10, 1858; d. Apr. 14, 1858. 

(4) Holland, b. Stockbridge, Vt., May i, 1826; m. 
Margaret Putnam of Hopkinton ; d. in Hillsborough, Oct. 
12, 1854. 

(5) Benjamin, b. Stockbridge, Vt, Nov. 7, 1827; d.' in 
Hillsborough, Sept. 6, 1853. 

(6) Elzina, b. Stockbridge, Vt., Feb. 7, 1833 ; d. in 
Hillsborough, Oct. 16, 1852. 

(7) Lucy A., b. Hopkinton, May 14, 1842 ; m. Charles 
Wilder of Sterling, Mass., where they now reside. 

V. 

Abbie, b. W., Apr. 16, 1794; m. Daniel Severance, Jr., 
Aug. 23, 18 1 5. 

VI. 

Abel, b. W., Mar. 15, 1796; m. Persis Wheeler of Hills- 
borough ; d. in W., in 1846. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 603 

VII. 

Joel, b. W., Apr. 15, 1798, m. Mrs. Jane (Weeks) 
Woodward, widow of Benj. Woodward, in May, 1828; 
always resided in W., and is at present one of the oldest 
residents of the town. His wife d. in 1871. Children: — 

(i) Nancy J., b. W., Feb. 8, 1830; m. Elbridge G. 
Benton, Jan. i, 1856; res. in W. 

(2) Diana- H., b. W., Aug. 12, 1832; m. Alfred A. 
Tandy, in 1853 ; res. in W., where she d., Dec. 10, 1879. 

(3) George S., b. W., June 26, 1834; m. Esther E., 
dau. of Joseph Cram of Unity, Aug. 18, i860; res. in W. 
until 1870, and has since res. in Unity. He is a farmer, 
but has had a large experience in teaching. He has been 
supt. of schools in W. and Unity. 

VIII. 

Abijah, b. W., Apr. 15, 1798 ; res. at one time in Rut- 
land, Vt. 

IX. 
Martha, b. W., July 10, 1799; ^- Benjamin Grandy, 
and res. principally in Alexandria, N. H. 

X. 
Mary, b. W., June 11, 1801 ; m. Ziba Colburn, and res. 
in Natick, Mass. 

XI. 
Emilia, b. W., Sept. 9, 1805 ; m. Tristram Collins, May 
29, 1831 ; d. in Wisconsin. 

XII. 

Asa, b. W., Feb. 3, 18 10; m. Sarah C. Bean, April 3, 
1842 ; res. in Townsend, Mass., where he d., May 23, 1885. 

XIII. 

Rebecca, b. W., Feb. 3, 18 10. 

XIV. 
Elzina, b. W., ; d. in childhood. 



604 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Abel Severance, son of Ephraim Severance, Sen., was 
born about the year 1754. He m. Martha Bruce, and res. 
at the east part of Washington, where Chas. W. J. 
Fletcher now resides, near the school house. He was a 
resident of Washington in 1783, but it appears from the 
town record that he afterward,. and for a short time, res. 
in Temple. He is said to have been a soldier in the Rev- 
olution. He was interested in the cause of religion, and 
held the office of deacon. He died in Bradford, Aug. 26, 
1842, aged 88 years. His wife died in Bradford, Aug. 2, 
1836, aged j^ years. Children : — 

1. 

Patty. 

II. 

Abigail, b. Sept. i, 1782 ; m. Jesse B. Bailey, Sept. 8, 
1800; res. in Groton, N. H. 

III. 

Ephraim, b. July 8, 1785 ; res. for a time in W., on a 
farm which he sold to James Ayer, about the year 18 14. 
He died in Maine. 

IV. 

William, b. Jan. 11, 1789; d. in Mass. 

V. 

Elijah, b. Temple, Sept. 17, 1792; settled in Maine. 

^VI. 

John, b. W., June 3, 1797; m. Maria, dau. of Samuel 
Cheney of W., Oct. 4, 18 18 ; res. in W., Hillsborough and 
Bradford. Their last years were spent in Tilton, where 
he died, June 5, 1883. His wife died Aug. 3, 1883. He 
was stationed at Portsmouth for a time during the war of 
18 12. Children: — 

(i) Mary A., b. W., Jan. 22, 1820; m. Augustus 
Barnes, in 1841 ; d. in Tilton, in 1867. 



' HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 605 

(2) John, Jr., b. W., Feb. i8, 1822; m. Sarah A. 
Goodale of Hillsborough, in 1845 ; d. in Bradford, in 1850. 
Children : — 

I. Mary M., b. Bradford, 1846; m. Wm. Colby and 
res. in Tilton. 

2 Hannah J., b. Bradford, 1848. 

Abigail Severance, dau. of Ephraim Severance, Sen., 
m. Charles Brown of Washington, June 18, 1795. 

She lived and d. at the east part of Washington. 

Molly Severance, dau. of Ephraim Severance, Sen., m. 
Elijah Foster and res. many years near East Washington 
village. 

SHEDD. 

John Shedd married Lydia Farnsworth, dau. of Simeon 
Farnsworth, Jr., of Washington, in 18 10, and resided in 
Washington, near the center of the town, on the place 
now owned by Orville G. Putney. He died in Washing- 
ton, at the age of forty-four years. His wife died in 
Washington, Nov. 25, i860, aged 75 yrs. Children : — 

I. 

Merinda, b. W., May 7, 181 1 ; m. Zophar Wright, and 
res. in Washington some years, but finally went to the 
West. 

II. 

Sarah, b. W., Apr. 29, 1813; d. Apr. 5, 1867. She was 
the founder of Shedd Free Library, in her native town. 
See Shedd Free Library. 

III. 
Emily, b. W., June 22, 1815 ; d. Sept. 15, 1833. 

IV. 
Joseph, b. W., Aug. 4, 1817; was educated at Norwich, 
Vt., and was engaged in teaching in early life. He set- 
tled in the West. 



6o6 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

. SIMONDS. 

Joseph A. Simonds was born in Dunstable, Mass., Feb. 
15, 1827. His father was Moses Simonds. He married 
Betsey, dau. of James Tubbs of Washington, Jan. 24, 
1847. They resided a short time in Lawrence, Mass., but 
in 1849 settled in Washington, where they have since re- 
sided. Children : — 

I. 

Augustus F., b. Lawrence, Mass., Feb. 15, 1848; m, 
Emma Carleton of Haverhill, Mass., in 1870. Children; — 

(i) Gertryde. 
{2) Estella. 

II. 
Eldorado N., b. W., Feb. 18, 1850; m. Sarah Hayes of 
Hampstead, in 1871. Children: — 

(1) Alfred. 

(2) Vilona. 

(3) Grace. 

III. 
Vilona L., b. W., Apr. 19, 1853; m. Daniel R. Marshall 
of Bradford, in 1873 ; res. in Brooklyn, N. Y. 

IV. 

Alfred, b. W., Nov. 29, 1855 ; res. in W. 

V. 
Stella B., b. W., May 3, 1858; m. Edwin C. Messer 
of Newbury, Nov., 1877; res. in Bradford. 

SMART. 

Richard H. Smart, son of Jeremiah Smart, was born in 
Raymond, Feb. 19, 1810. He married Mehitable R. At- 
kins, July 17, 1834, and resided some years in Hillsbor- 
ough. He came to Washington about 1844, or 1845, 
where he has since resided. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 607 

SMITH. 

The name of Smith is so common, and the different 
branches so numerous, that it is difficult to prepare 
sketches of all families of that name who have lived in 
town since its settlement. The most numerous family, 
and the one which has been longest identified with the his- 
tory of Washington, are descendants of Francis Smith, a 
native of England, who was a res. of Watertown, Mass., 
in 1637, but 'who removed to South Reading, Mass., 
(Wakefield), about the year 1647. 

John Smith", son of Francis Smith, was born in Eng- 
land, and came to New England with his father. He m. 
Catharine Morrill of Roxbury, Mass., in 1647, and res. in 
South Reading, Mass. 

Francis Smitb^, son of John and Catharine Smith, was 
b. in South Reading, Mass., in 1658. He married Ruth 
Maveric of Charlestown, Mass. He d. in 1744. In the 
church he held the ofifice of deacon. 

Benjamin Smithy son of Francis and Ruth Smith, was 
b. in S. Reading, Mass., in 1692. His wife was Elizabeth 
Burnap, whom he m. in 1724. He d. in 1781. 

Ebenezer Smiths, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Smith, 
was born in South Reading, Mass., in 1730. He was 
twice married, first to Hepzibah Damon, and secondly, to 
Mary Sherman. He died in 1796. Benjamin Smith^ 
son of Ebenezer and Hepzibah Smith, was b. in South 
Reading, Mass., in 1764. He m. Betty Sherman, and re- 
moved to Hillsborough, N. H., in 1790. He settled on 
land which he purchased of Thomas Murdough, and 
which was situated on the south slope of Stowe's Moun- 
tain. In 1807 he bought about five hundred acres of for- 
est land, in Washington, situated two and a half miles 
south of East Washington village, and including what 
was afterwards the farms of Joshua D. Crain, Nathaniel 
Smith, Wm. Ayer and Wm. Dole. Upon this land sev- 



6o8 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

eral of his sons settled, and it was not until 1821 that he 
became a res. of Washington. He died Jan. 5, 1854. 
His wife died in Aug., 1847. Children : — 

I. 

Benjamin, b. South Reading, Mass., July 4, 1785 ; re- 
moved to Hillsborough with his parents, in 1790; m. 
Alice Atkins, and res. at the east part of Washington, 
first on the farm where Joshua D. Grain afterward lived, 
then on the farm, in the same neighborhood, where Wm. 
Dole afterward lived, and lastly on the farm on Kingsbury 
Hill, where his son, Noah, long resided. He d. in W., 
Apr. 2, 1850. His wife died Dec. 4, 1873, aged Sy years. 
Children : — 

(i) Benj., Jr., b. W., Oct. 6, 1809; m. Elizabeth Col- 
lins, July I, 1834; res. in Washington, Alexandria, Wind- 
sor and Hillsborough; now res. in Hillsborough. Child- 
ren : — 

1 Harriet M., b. W., July 20, 1835 ; m. George McAl- 
pine, May 15, 1877; res. in Hillsborough. 

2 Hannah M., b. Alexandria, Oct, 23, 1838; m. Dan- 
iel F. Murdough, Apr. 6, 1854 ; res. in Hillsborough. 

3 Tryphena V., b. Alexandria, Jan. 13, 1842; died in 
Hillsborough, Oct. 9, 18/19. 

4 Sarah E., b. Windsor, Oct. 24, 1844; m. Chas. H. 
Grinnell, March 25, 1863 ; res. in Hillsborough. 

(2) Mary, b. W., 181 1 ; m. David Merrill in 1831 ; re- 
sided in Andover, N. H., where she d., May 19, 1879. 

(3) Noah, b. W., Nov. 23, 1813 ; always res. in W.; d. 
July 26, 1 87 1. 

(4) Alice, b. W., Jan. 28, 1817; m. Herrick S. Fifield, 
Sept. 9, 1847; d. in W., Jan. i, 1854. 

(5) Henry, b. W., Sept, 2, 1818 ; m. Roxanna M., dau. 
of Ziba Crane of W., Nov, 6, 1846 ; res. in W., where he 
was a successful farmer ; d. March 16, 1880. His widow 
still res. in W, Child : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 609 

I Emily A., b. W., Oct. 15, 1847; m. Geo. H. Brown, 
Nov. 10, 1867; their daughter, Venetta D. Brown, b. in 
W., Feb. 6, 1870. 

(6) Eliza, b. W., Nov. i, 1820; m. Henry Collins, 
March 30, 1837 ; resides in Hillsborough. 

(7) Ebenezer M., b. W., March 20, 1824; m. Phidelia 
Chase, Feb. 8, 1850; res. in W. Children: — 

1 Justin 0.,b. W., Oct. 16, 1850; m. Lizzie M., dau. 
of James A. Crane, of W., Sept. 15, 1877. 

2 Henry M., b. W., July 26, 1857; d. Apr. 21, i860. 

(8) Stephen, b. W., Sept. 28, 1828; m. Harriet M. 
Marshall of W., Oct. 3, 1848 ; res. in Washington, Lemp- 
ster and Hillsborough ; now res. in Hillsborough. He 
was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion. Children : — 

1 Eugene C, b. W., June 16, 1850; d. Lempster, July 
15, 1863. 

2 Chester W., b. W., Apr. 11, 1852. 

3 Eusebia J., b. W., Nov. 21, 1853 ; m. Otis B. Tucker, 
in Nov., 1873 ; res. in New Boston. 

4 Alice A., b. W., Dec. 18, 1856; d. Lempster, July 
13, 1863. 

5 Celinda E., b. W., Mar. 23, 1859; m. Frank Mur- 
dough, Nov., 1875; res. in Bradford. 

6 Angelia, b. Lempster, Nov. 21, 1861 ; d. July 21, 
1863. 

7 Lorenzo C, b. Lempster, Feb. 27, 1867. 

8 George B., b. " March 23, 1869; d. Jan. 
27, 1871. 

9 Hosea N., b. Lempster, Feb. 7, 1871. 

10 Fred G., b. " Sept. 3, 1873. 

11 Livonia 'H,, b. Hillsborough, Oct. 10, 1876. 

II. 

Betsey, b. S. Reading, Mass., Nov. 20, 1786; m. Charles 
Pool, Nov. 19, 1812; res. in S. Reading, Mass., Hillsbor- 



6lO HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

ough and Salisbury, N. H. Her husband died in Salis- 
bury, and she w^s married to Elias Smith, Oct. 12, 1864. 
They res. in W., where she d., July 23, 1870. Her hus- 
band died in 1872. Catharine M. Pool, dau. of Charles 
and Betsey Pool, died in W., May 4, 1870, aged 56 yrs. 

III. 

Elias, b. Hillsborough, Dec. 26, 1792; m. Tamme Liv- 
ermore ; res. in Hillsborough, where he d.. May 16, 1863. 
His wife died Sept. 10, 1875. 

IV. 

Mary, b. Hillsborough, Dec. 20, 1794; d. May 18, 1807. 

V. 

Nathaniel, b. Hillsborough, Aug. 24, 1796; m. Elice, 
dau. of Asa Brockway%of Bradford, who died Aug. 15, 
1853. His second wife was the widow of Samuel Mur- 
dough, whom he married in 1854. She died July 18, 1855. 
His third marriage was to Louisa Cooledge, Oct. 19, 1856. 
She died in Hillsborough, May 5, 1885. 

Nathaniel Smith began married life in Washington, on 
a farm which he cleared from the forest, two and a half 
miles south of East Washington village, and where he 
continued to reside about forty years. He afterward re- 
sided in Hillsborough, where he died, Feb. 12, 1875. He 
-had but one child, and she by his first wife: — 

(i) Harriet B., b. W., Nov. 20, 1824; m. Reuel F. 
Wheeler of Windsor, Sept. 27, 1842; res. in Washington 
thirteen years ; afterward lived in Bradford, and now re- 
side in Salem, N. H. 

VI. 

Lydia, b. Hillsborough, Aug. 23, 1798; m. Ev- 
erest ; now res. in Ionia, Mich. 

VII. 

Ebenezer, b. Hillsborough, Mar. 15, 1801 ; m. Roena, 
dau. of Abraham French of W., Nov. 2, 1824; res. in W., 
on the farm afterward owned by Joshua D. Crain, two and 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 6l I 

a half miles south of East Washington. In 1838, they 
removed to Bradford, where they spent __the remainder of 
their lives. He died in Bradford, June 11, 1874. He was 
prominent in the church, and held the office of deacon. 
His wife died Sept. 3, 1881. Children: — 

(i) Elias W., b. W., Aug. 14, 1825 ; m. Elizabeth, dau, 
of Tilly Brockway of Bradford, Nov. 24, 1850. She died 
Jan. 12, 1854. His second marriage was to Lodicea H. 
Lunt of Peru, Me., Sept. 2, 1855 ; res. principally in Bos- 
ton, but res. for a short time in New Orleans, La., and 
Lancaster, Mass. Children : — 

(1st wife) 

1 Elizabeth B., b. Charlestown, Mass., Jan. 2, 1854. 

(2nd wife) 

2 Warren C, b. Boston, Oct. 20, 1857. 

3 J. Carlton B., b. Boston, Feb. 15, 1859; m. Ida A. 
Blood, Oct. 3, 1883 ; is engaged in trade in Boston and 
Lawrence, Mass. 

(2) Abraham F., b. W., June 23, 1829; m. Cornelia M. 
Jones, Mar. 3, 1858; res. a few years in Bradford, and 
then removed to Boston, where he was engaged in the 
express business. He subsequently returned to Bradford, 
where he still resides. Children : — 

1 Annie C, b, Bradford, Nov. 24, 1859. 

2 Edith E., b. Bradford, Apr. 14, 1861. 

3 Ella C, b. Boston, Jan. 29, 1865. 

4 Nellie F., b. Boston, May 4, 1866. 

(3) Phebe R., b. W., Mar. i, 1836; m. Enoch R. 
Thatcher of Concord, in 1855 ; d. in Boston, Jan. 25, 1859. 

VIII. 

Stephen, b. Hillsborough, Nov. 4, 1806; m. Matilda 
Kenney of N. Reading, Mass., Nov. 26, 1829; res. prin- 
cipally in Washington until 1841, when he removed to 
Lempster, and thence to Unity, where he now resides. 
Children : — 



6l2 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(i) James L., b. W., Aug. 12, 1832 ; m. Mar. 13, 1861. 

(2) John L., b. W., Aug. 12, 1832; m. May 15, 1856. 

(3) Lanora, b. Wilmington, Mass., Nov. 7, 1834; m. 
Apr. 9, 1862. 

(4) Catharine M. P., b. Washington, May 24, 1837 ; m. 
Oct. II, 1857; d. July 30, 1868. 

(5) Wm. M., b. Lempster, May 22, 1843 ; m. Sept. 26, 
1866. 

(6) Harriet E., b. Lempster, July 30, 1847. 

(7) Almira A., b. " July 5, 1850; m. Oct. 4, 
1868. 

George Smith was a native of Milford, and was born 
April 15, 1805. His father was John Smith, and his 
mother's maiden name was Mary Conn. The family were 
originally from Haverhill, Mass., where they resided as 
early as 1696. 

George Smith married Grace Gregg of Greenfield, May 
7, 1829, and began married life in Milford, his native town. 
They removed to Washington, prior to 1834, and first re- 
sided in a log house at the north part of the town, near the 
present residence of Gardner Codman. They afterward 
lived near the east part of the town, and his last days 
were spent in that village. His wife died Oct. 31, 1838, 
and he was married to Martha ]., dau. of Charles Jones 
of Washington, Jan. 25, 1839. ^^ died in W., Dec. 14, 
1856, from injuries received by the displacement of a 
heavy stone in a cellar wall, which he was at work upon in 
East Washington. Children : — 

(1st wife) 
I. 

George, Jr., b. Milford, July 20, 1830; (see Clarke). 

II. 

Mary, b. Milford, July 16, 1832; m. John S. Smiley, 
Nov. 18, i860; res. some years in Hopkinton ; now re- 
side in Milford. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 613 

III. 

John, b. Washington, Mar. lo, 1834; m. Ann Maria 
Cheney, dau. of George W. Cheney of W., Dec. 12, 1859. 
They res. in W., and were highly esteemed for many ex- 
cellent qualities. His wife died Jan. 5, 1881, and he was 
married to Mrs. Lucy S. Colburn of W., Mar. 22, 1884 ; he 
d. in Claremont, Nov. 7, 1884. His only child was by his 
first wife : — 

(i) Georgie A., b. W., Mar. 26, 1864; res. in Gardner, 

Mass. 

(2nd wife) 

IV. 

Charles F., b. W., Feb. 18, 1842; m. Sabren Curtice, 
Nov. 17, i860; res. in Peterborough. Children: — 

(i) Nancy A., b. Windsor, May 6, 1863. 

(2) Willie H., b. Hillsborough, Mar. 7, 1867. 

(3) Minnie M., b. " Sept. 29, 1868. 

V. 
Henry C, b. Danbury, Mar. 6, 1848; m. Maria Salter, 
and is at present at the "Black Hills," Dak. 

The following record of births of children of Jesse and 
Lucy Smith, is taken from the records of Washington. 
Nothing further can be said of the family. Children : — 

John, b. May 20, 1782. 

Isaac, b. July 28, 1784. 

Bilomy, b. Nov. 17, 1786. 

Lucy, b. Sept. 4, 1789. 

Polly, b. Aug. 25, 1 791. 

Randall, b. Oct. 2, 1793. 

James, b. June 5, 1797. 

Samuel, b. May 11, 1799. 

Betsey, b. May i, 1802. 

Children of Joseph and Esther Smith, whose births are 
recorded in Washington : — 



6l4 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Sophia, b, Feb. 27, 1798. 
Polly, b. May 29, 1800. 
George W., b. June 4, 1802. 

Children of Ebenezer and Patty Smith, whose births 
are recorded in Washington : — 
Lucy, b. Nov. 4, 1797. 
Lucinda, b. July 26, 1799. 

SNOW. 

Joseph Snow was born Oct. 30, 1765, but the place of 
his birth is not known. He married Lydia Ayer, and re- 
sided for a time in Leominster, Mass., and Jaffrey, N. H. 
He removed from Jaffrey to Washington in 1818, and set- 
tled on the Marlow road, two miles south-west of the 
center of the town, on a farm which he purchased of Na- 
thaniel Whiting. His wife died in March, 1824, and he 
was married to Mary, dau. of Samuel Hall of W., in Sept., 
1824. He continued to reside in W., on the farm where 
he first settled, until his death, which occurred Jan. 6, 
1859. His wife died Jan. i, 1875. Children: — 

I. 

Sarah, b. Leominster, Mass., June 22, 1788 ; m. Zadoc 
Merriam of Goshen; d. in 1874. 

II. 
Abby, b. Mar. 26, 1790; m. Eli Upton of Peterborough. 

III. 
Lydia, b. Apr. 21, 1792; m. Thomas Upton of Peter- 
borough ; d. in Portland, Me., in 1872, 

iv. 

Joseph, Jr., b. July 21, 1794; was a teacher, and re- 
sided in Kentucky. 

y. 

Sylvia, b. Jan. 13, 1796; m. Chauncey Farns worth, in 
1821 ; res. in W., where she d., Aug. 29, 183 1. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 615 

VI. 

Mahlon, b. Jan. 13, 1799; m. Knight, and after 

her death, he married her sister; d. in Lowell, Mass., 
Feb. 7, 1866. 

VII. 
Maria, b. July 25, 1804; m. John Rowland of Wood- 
stock, Vt.; d. in 1876. 

(2nd wife) 

VIII. 

John A., b. Washington, Sept. 21, 1829; m. Betsey J. 
Curtice of W., Jan. i, 1856. They res. in W., where he 
died, Dec. 8, 1870. His widow still res. in W. 

Two other children of Joseph and Mary Snow died in 
infancy. 

SPAULDING. 

The Spauldings of Washington are descendants of 
Edward Spaulding', who came to this country in 1630- 
1634 and settled in Rraintree, Mass. His son, Edward 
Spaulding^ removed to Chelmsford, Mass., in 1654, where 
he died, in 1670. 

Ebenezer^, son of Edward Spaulding^ removed to Not- 
tingham West, N. H., (Hudson), and his son, Stephen 
Spaulding'*, also res. in that town. 

Ebenezer Spaulding', son of Stephen, was born in Not- 
tingham West, N. H., March 27, 1750. He removed to 
Lempster about the year 1772. That part of Lempster 
where he resided was at that time under the jurisdiction 
of Washington, being considered a part of the town. 
He often held office in Washington, and the births of his 
children are recorded among the records of Washington. 
The place where he lived is now embraced within the 
boundary lines of Lempster. 



6l6 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Ebenezer Spaulding was a soldier in the Revolution, 
and was at the battles of Bunker Hill and Ticonderoga. 
He m. Amy Roundy of Lempster, Jan. i6, 1777, and af- 
ter res. in Lempster until 1807, removed to East Wash- 
ington, where he d., July i, 1808. 

Amy (Roundy) Spaulding, wife of Ebenezer Spaulding, 
was born in Windham, Conn., March 29, 1759. She was 
the daughter of Samuel Roundy, who removed to Lemp- 
ster, N. H., about the year 1771, when his daughter was 
twelve years of age. She accomplished the entire jour- 
ney on horseback, her sister, Edith, only three years 
of age, riding in front of her on the same horse, the 
balance of the load, consisting of a brass kettle and 
a bag filled with provisions. The other members of the 
family, together with their household effects, were trans- 
ported in an ox cart nearly all the way from Conij. 
to Lempster. They found no house in readiness for them 
on their arrival, but constructed one of logs, without 
floor, its roof of bark, and its fire place the side of a huge 
rock. They cleared their land of trees and sowed flax, 
from which they made much of their own clothing. 
Their food consisted largely of bean porridge and other 
plain but wholesome food. Wild animals were numerous, 
including bears and wolves, and the sleep of the inmates 
of the rude cabin was often disturbed by the howling of 
the wolves as they prowled around the house in search of 
food. At the age of seventeen she was married to Eben- 
ezer Spaulding of Lempster, (then Washington), where 
they lived until all of their children, ten in number, were 
born. They removed to East Washington in 1807, where 
the remainder of her life was spent. She died June 8, 
1859, at the age of one hundred years, two months and 
ten days. Her portrait, which is found in this book, was 
copied from a daguerreotype taken by Thomas N. Goodale 
of Hillsborough, the day after her one hundredth birth 
day. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 617 

Her centennial birth day was publicly celebrated in the 
Baptist church at East Washington, where a large num- 
ber of her neighbors, relations and friends gathered to 
pay their tributes of respect and love. An eloquent ad- 
dress was delivered by her grandson, Rev. Willard Spaul- 
ding, and interesting remarks, abounding in reminiscences 
and amusing anecdotes, were made by Rev. Albert Heald 
and Rev. David Gage. 

The children of Ebenezer and Amy Spaulding were : — 

I. 

Naomi, b. Lempster, Nov. 4, 1777; m. Samuel Dan- 
forth, Jan. 26, 1809; res. in Hillsborough, where she d., 
May 18, 1858. 

II. 

Asa, b. Lempster, Dec. i, 1779; m. Nancy, dau. of 
Caleb Woodward of W.; was a farmer and res. in Lemp- 
ster, where he d., Dec. 18, 1832. His wife d. July 30, 
1830. Children: — 

(i) Alpha, b. Lempster, Apr. 4, 1809; m. Betsey 
Moore, Apr. i, 1833. She was born Apr. 29, 1813; res. 
in Lempster, W., and Hanover; d. in Hanover, in 1881. 
His wife d. in 1880. Children : — 

1 Lucien, b. W., July 27, 1835. 

2 Lucius, P., b. W., July 26, 1837. 

3 Alanson, b. Lempster, Apr. 17, 1839. 

4 Oilman, b. " June 2^, 1841. 

5 Jackson, b. " Aug. 5, 1843. 

6 Nancy, b. Hanover, July 11, 1850. 

7 Asa, b. " Nov. 9, 1853. 

(2) Oilman, b. Lempster, Sept. 4, 1811 ; m. Catharine 
M., dau. of Moses Jones of W., Nov. 6, 1834; d. in Lemp- 
ster, Jan. 21, 1837. His widow afterward m. Stephen F. 
Farrar, and now res. in Washington. Children : — 



6l8 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

1 Cemantha, b. Lempster, Sept. 2, 1835 ; d. Feb. 19, 
1851. 

2 Oilman G., b. Lempster, June 17, 1836; m. Susan 
C, dau. of Wm. Harnden, Nov. 21, i860; res. in W. 

(3) William, b. Lempster, Apr. 4, 181 3; m. Emma E. 
Miner of Lempster, May 27, 1838; d. in Acton, Mass., 
about the year 1874. Child : — 

I Wm. Waklemar, b. Lempster, is a successful teacher 
in Haverhill, Mass. 

(4) Alanson, b. Lempster, Aug. 4, 1815 ; d. Jan. 10, 

1833- 

(5) Asa, Jr., b. Lempster, Oct. 12, 1820; m. Mary A. 
Hodskins of Walpole ; was a clergyman, and preached in 
Stoddard, and in Brewster and Milford, Mass. He d. in 
Walpole, Nov. 28, 1848. His wife d. in Walpole, in 1849. 
Child :— 

I Mary A., b. Walpole, Apr. 14, 1848. 

(6) Willard, b. Lempster, Jan. 26, 1823 ; m. Mary B. 
Howe of Methuen, Mass., Apr. 4, 1848 ; is a clergyman, 
and has been settled over parishes in Methuen, Haverhill, 
Newburyport, Salem and West Cambridge, in Mass., and 
in Cincinnati, Ohio. His present place of residence is 
Peabody, Mass. Child : — 

I Willard, Jr., b. Haverhill, Mass., Dec. 22, 185 1. 

III. 

Salome, b. Lempster, Jan. 10, 1782 ; m. Amasa Vickery 
of Lempster, in 1802. He d. Oct. 25, 18 10, and she after- 
ward m. John Reed ; she d. in Hillsborough, Sept. 8, 1870. 

IV. 

Warren, b. Lempster, Jan. 1, 1785 ; m. Sarah, dau. of 
Dea. Wm. Graves of W., in 181 1 ; was a farmer, and re- 
sided in Bradford, Newbury and Hillsborough. He died 
in Hillsborough, Jan. 24, i860. His wife died in Hills- 
borough, Aug. II, 1876. Children: — 







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HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 619 

(i) Corodon, b. Washington, Jan. i, 1812. His father 
being in moderate circumstances, he was obliged to earn 
a place for himself in the world, and at the age of eigh- 
teen we find him at work on the sea wall at Deer Island, 
in Boston Harbor. Fronl Boston he went to Delaware, 
and was employed on the Newcastle and Frenchtown rail- 
road, and later on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, which 
was only partially constructed at that time. In 183 1 he 
was superintendent of a quarry, from which stone was 
taken for the track of the railroad, in Pratt St., Baltimore. 
Later he was employed on the Philadelphia and Columbia 
railroad (now Penn. Central), and in 1834 began work for 
the Boston and Providence railroad, where he remained 
nineteen years, most of the time occupying the position 
of road master. He is the inventor of a machine for 
curving and straightening railroad iron, and also is the in- 
ventor of a derrick, which is now extensively used. Dur- 
ing all those years of activity he was prudent and temper- 
ate in his habits. Fortune smiled on his endeavors, and 
an ample fortune was the result. For many years he has 
resided on his farm in Canton, Mass., enjoying in peace 
and plenty, a serene old age. He remembers with tender 
interest the home of his childhood, to which he has paid 
frequent visits. He married Abigail, dau. of Joseph Tol- 
man of Sharon, Mass., Apr. 20, 1836. Children: — 

1 Corodon, Jr., b. Sharon, Mass., Aug. 10, 1838; d. 
Nov. 30, 1 841. 

2 Sarah A., b. Canton, Mass., Aug. 2, 1844; d. Feb. 
16, 1845. 

3 Sarah A., b. Canton, Mass., June 16, 1846; m. Wil- 
liam K. Hawse, Jan. i, 1871 ; res. in Canton, Mass. 

(2) Erastus G., b. Newbury (then Fishersfield), June 
13, 1814; m. Harriet Fisher of Warwick, R. I., Nov. 11, 
1839. She d. Nov. 8, i860. His second wife was Frances 
M. Brickett of Concord, N. H. He d. in Boston, Jan. 3, 
1867. Children : — • 



620 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

1 Henrietta, b. Warwick, R. I., Aug. 21, 1840; d. Oct. 

17, 1862. 

2 Erastus W., b. Canton, Mass., June 29, 1843; d. 
Oct. 30, 1846. 

3 Harmon F., b. Warwick,* R. I. Sept. 23, 1845; d. 
Nov. 24, 1850. 

4 Harriet E., b. Warwick, R. I., Apr. 8, 1848 ; d. Apr. 

18, 1849. 

5 Hope A., b. Dedham, Mass., Jan. 4, 1854; d. June 
21, i860. 

(2nd wife) 

6 Francis G., b. Dedham, Mass., Apr. 7, 1865. 

7 Alice M., b. " " Apr. 9, 1866. 

(3) Cynthia C, b. Bradford, May 31, 1821 ; m. 



Shaw, and for her second husband, David P. Jones, Nov. 
I, 185 1. She res. in Hillsborough. 

(4) George W., b. Bradford, Aug. 20, 1825 ; m. Sarah 
J. Tolman, dau. of William Tolman of Sharon, Mass. 
She d. in Taunton, Mass., Oct. 22, 1879. He died in the 
same city. May 30, 1882. Children : — 

1 Georgianna, b. Sharon, Mass., Nov. 14, 1852; m. 
John E. Spencer, Dec. 14, 1870; d. Oct. 13, 1874. 

2 Emma L., b. Dedham, Mass., Oct. 13, 1856; m. 
Arthur G. Francis, Oct. 19, 1873 ; res. in Taunton, Mass. 

3 Etta M., b. Norton, Mass., July 10, 1858; d. Dec. 
16, 1877. 

V. 
Ira, b. Dempster, Mar. 3, 1787 ; m. Ruth Taft, from Mass., 
and res. a short time after marriage in Crown Point, N. 
Y., and afterward in Dempster, N. H. About the year 
1843, he removed to Maquoketa, Iowa, where he died, in 
1855. His wife died the same year. Children : — 

yi) Susan, b. Crown Point, N. Y., 1810; resided in 
Maquoketa, Iowa. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 621 

(2) Lorenzo, b. Lempster, N. H., 1812; res. in Salida, 
Colorado. 

(3) Almira, b. Lempster, N. H., 181 5 ; m. Trim- 
ble and lives in Crown Point, N. Y. 

(4) Lovina, b. Lempster, 1819; m. John J. Wright in 
1841 ; res. in Maquoketa, Iowa. 

(5) Alonzo, b. Lempster, 1822; d. in Dubuque, Iowa, 
in 1882. 

VI. 

Ebenezer, Jr., b. Lempster, Sept. 12, 1789; m. Esther, 

dau. of Dea. Wm. Graves of W.; res. in Bradford and 

Sutton; d. in Sutton, Apr. 28, 1862. His wife died in 
Sutton, Apr. 2, 1881, Children: — 

(i) Chester P., b. W., Aug. 4, 1814; m. Betsey D. 
Sanborn, Aug. 24, 1837; res. in Sutton, and Andover, N. 
H., and now res. in Newport, Vt. He was a soldier dur- 
ing the Rebellion. Children : — 

1 Elizabeth H., b. Sutton, May 30, 1839. 

2 Wm. H., b. •• Sept. 16, 1841. 

3 Charles W., b. " July 20, 1843. 

4 George E., b. " May 17, 1845. 

5 Ann E., b. " Apr. 5, 1847. 

6 Helen, b. Andover, July 10, 185 u 

(2) Sarah, b. Bradford, Oct. 13, 18 17, 
{3) Louisa, b. " Jan., 1821. 
{4) Roswell, b. " Jan. 30, 1822. 
(5) Harriet N., b. Sutton, June 4, 1830; m. Robert 
B. Roby, Jan. 7, 1850; res. in Sutton. 

VII. 

Amy, b. Lempster, Nov. 11, 1792; d. in childhood. 

VIII. 

Harvey, b. Lempster, May 29, 1795; m. Mrs. Abigail 
(Brockway) Blood, Dec. 31, 1832. He was a shoemaker 
when a young man, and worked in families, manufactur- 



622 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

ing by hand the year's stock of boots and shoes. He did 
not follow the trade many years, but became a successful 
farmer. He res. in Newbury and Washington. His wife 
died in W., Feb. 17, 188 1. His death occurred Oct. i, 
1 88 1. Children: — 

(i) Angeline C, b. Newbury, July 19, 1835 ; ^i''- Jo^^ 
H. Fisher, March 4, 1857 ; res. for a time in Sutton and 
Newbury, afterwards in Washington and Amherst, and at 
present res. in Milford. 

(2) Emeline A., b. Newbury, Feb. 13, 1838; m. Lo- 
renzo D. Muzzy, Oct. 13, 1858; res. in Newbury until 
1884, when they came to W., where they still reside. 

(3) John A., b. Newbury, Oct. 7, 1844; married Mary 
J., dau. of Elbridge Barker of Hillsborough, Dec. 15, 
i860; res. in Newbury, where his wife d., Oct. 15, 1880. 
Children : — 

I Freeman, b. Newbury, May 14, 1862. 



Aug. 22, 1863. 

July 20, 1866. 

July 2, 1868; d. June 2, 1870. 

July 28, 1869. 

Dec. 28, 1873; d. Feb. 27, 



2 Harlan, b. 

3 Gertrude^ b. 

4 Eugene, b. 

5 Mary C, b. 

6 Fred C, b. 
1882. 

7 Loren N., b. Newbury, Nov. 12, 1875. 

8 Viola E., b. " Dec. 20, 1877. 

IX. 

Gardner, b. Dempster, June 16, 1797 ; m. Mrs. Rebec- 
ca H. Woodward, widow of Elliot Woodward, Feb. 23, 
1834; was a farmer and res. at East Washington, where 
he d., Feb. 9, 1848. His widow still res. on the old home- 
stead at East Washington. Children : — 

(i) Alanson, b. W., Nov. 22, 1834; d. Jan. 13, 1835. 
(2) Cornelia H., b. W., Jan. 26, 1836; m. Andrew J. 
Cutting, March 6, 1858; res. in W. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 623 

(3) Lorinda J., b. W., Jan. 6, 1839; m. Benj. Frank 
Putney, Nov. ii, 1858; res. in W. and Bradford; now 
res. in W. 

(4) Loren, b. W., Au^. 30, 1841 ; d. Aug. 6, 1843. 

(5) Lovina, b. W., March 23, 1844; d. Aug. 3, 1863. 

(6) Celia, b. W., May 26, 1846; m. Alfred J. Barney, 
March, 1867; res. in W. 

X. 

Reuben, b. Lempster, May 24, 1800; m. Martha, dau. 
of Israel Proctor, Sen., Aug. 29, 1824; res. at East 
Washington, where he died. May 4, 1878. His wife died 
Nov. 17, 1882. Children: — 

(i) Reuben, b. W., Dec. 10, 1825 ; d. March 21, 1841. 

(2) Eben C, b. W., Apr. 13, 1828; d. Sept. 21, 1832. 

(3) Sylvester, b. W., Jan. 11, 1832; d. Dec. 30, 1832. 
{4) Clark S., b. W., Oct. 29, 1833 ; m. Lucy P., dau. 

of Frederick Wheeler, Mar. 12, 1856; is an enterprising 

farmer and has always res. in W.; has three times been 

elected a member of the board of selectmen. Child- 
ren : — 

1 Wisnor E., b. W., Aug. 7, 1857; d. July 28, 1863. 

2 Lilla E., b. W., Sept. 21, 1861 ; m. Herman P. 
Fletcher, Sept. 18, 1878; d. in W., May 17, 1883. 

3 Henry W., b. W., Aug. 25, 1867. 

4 Rosa N., b. W., Aug. 29, 1868. 

(5) Amy C, b. W., May 2, 1836; m. Anson S. 
Powers, Dec. 23, 1853 ; res. in Washington. 

(6) Reuben H., b. W., Apr. 21, 1839; d. Dec. 22, 1844. 

(7) Sullivan G., b. W., Sept. 11, 1842; m. Mrs. Matil- 
da M. Proctor, widow of Moses D. Proctor, Jr., of W., 
Sept. 6, 1865; is a prosperous farmer and res. in Wash- 
ington. Children. 

1 Emma A., b. W., June 14, 1868. 

2 Susie E., b. W., Apr. 19, 1874. 



624 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

3 Oria R., b. W., Sept. 12, 1880. 

(8) Elmina, b. W., Mar. 13, 1845 ; d. July 21, 1863. 

STEELE. 

It appears that the Steele family came to Washington, 
from Amherst, or that vicinity. It is supposed by some 
that the family came from Amherst, Mass., but the best 
evidence points to Amherst, N. H., as their home. The 
precise date of their settlement in Washington is not 
known, but it is sure that some of the names were in 
town as early as 1777. 

William Steele appears to have been the father of sev- 
eral sons, who settled in Washington. He held office in 
1777. He resided in the Mountain district, on a farm just 
south of the farm where Capt. Dexter Sweet afterward re- 
sided. The farm is now known as the "Wheeler place," 
and has long been deserted. He afterward lived on the 
Cory farm in the same district, which is now the home of 
Clinton D. Fowler. He lost his life in a peculiar manner. 
He was riding on horseback between his home and the 
village, and in attempting to drive his horse through the 
small brook which crosses the road, near the place where 
Anson S. Powers now resides, he was thrown from his 
horse into the brook and drowned. This occurred Oct. 
26, 1 8 10, when he was seventy-one years of age. Han- 
nah, his wife, died Apr. 25, 1812, aged 74 yrs. 

Widow Sarah Steele, probably the mother of Wm. 
Steele, died in Washington, Apr. 18, 1802, aged 85 yrs. 

The children of William and Hannah Steele were : — 

I. 

Joseph, b. Amherst(i'), June 27, 1762; m. Margaret 
Thayer, Oct. 12, 1784; held office in Washington in 1785; 
res. in the Mountain district, directly west of Lovewell's 
Mountain. He died in W., Aug. 31, 18 14. His wife d. 
Apr. 7, 1799. Children: — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 



625 



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(3 

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(5 
(6 
1793 
(7 
(8 

{9; 
(10 

(II 

(12 



Margaret, b. W., Aug. 16, 1785 ; d. Nov. 5, 1785. 
Tamer T., b. W., Dec. 29, 1786; d. Jan. 9, 1843. 
Nancy, b. W., Nov. 17, 1788; d. March 17, 1812. 
Hannah, b. W., Nov. 16, 1789; d. Apr. 20, 1813. 
Peggy, b. W., Nov. 16, 1789; d. July 22, 1798. 
Zechariah M. G., b. W., Oct. 5, 1791 ; d. Aug. 16, 



Thayer, b. W., 



d. youn^ 



Levi, b. W., June 25, 1793 ; settled in the West. 
Zechariah M. G., b. W., ; settled in the West. 



Thayer, b. W., Feb. 26, 1795. 

Sally, b. W., Sept. 25, 1797 ; d. Nov. 17, 1800. 

Margaret, b. W., April 5, 1799; m. Nathaniel F. 
Lull, Nov. 27, 1817; res. in Unity, where she died, May 
30, 1 844. She was the mother of Nathaniel A. Lull of 
Washington. 

II. 

Robert, b. ; m. Patience , and res. in W. 

He afterward went to Boston, where it is supposed that 
he died. They had two children b. in Washington, viz : — 

(i) Samuel, b. W., June 6, 1787. 
(2) Robert, Jr., b. W., Apr. 4, 1789. 



James, b. 



III. 

m. Patience 



-, who died in W., 



Nov. 9, 1 79 1, aged 25 years. His second wife was Sally 
Millen, sister of Dea. John Millen of W. He resided in 
the Moujnitain district, on a farm, which, about the year 
1806, became the home of Capt. Dexter Sweet. He af- 
terward lived in the same district, on the farm now owned 
by John Wood. He subsequently removed to western 
New York, and nothing further is known of his history. 
Children : — 

(1st wife) 
(i) James, Jr., b. W., Nov. 10, 1790; d. Nov. 28, 1814. 



626 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(2nd wife) 

(2) Daughter, b. W., Jan. 17, 1794 ; d., aged 2 days. - 

(3) Elias, b. W., Feb. 24, 1796. 

(4) Henry, b. W., Dec. 21, 1798; d. Aug. 26, 1815. 
(5; Patience, b. W., Feb. 23, 1800. 

(6) Son, b. W., Mar. 14, 1802 ; d. Mar. 23, 1802. 

(7) Harvey, b. W., March 11, 1803. 

IV. 

Debora, b. W., ; m. Timothy Scott ; lived and 

died in Dempster. 

V. 

Nancy, b. W., ; d. in Dempster. 

VI. 

William. Jr., supposed to be a son of Wm. and Hannah 
Steele, married Polly Rideout of Washington, Sept. 2, 
1806; res. a short time in W., on the farm where Jere- 
miah Fletcher afterward lived and died. 

VII. 

Sarah, supposed to be a daughter of Wm. and Hannah 
Steele, m. Alvin Roundy of Dempster, Jan. 12, 1786. 

John Steele held office in Washington in 1779. He 
may have been a brother of Wm. Steele, though but lit- 
tle is known of his history. 

James Steele, who may have been a brother of Wil- 
liam, res. at the south part of Washington, at an early 
date, on the farm afterward owned by Church Tabor, and 
which is now the property of Supply Barney. He m. 
Jane , and was the father of two daughters, Eliza- 
beth and Jane. 

Elizabeth Steele m. Church Tabor of W., and res. in 
W. many years. It is supposed that she died in Ver- 
mont, as her husband spent his last years in that state. 

Jane Steele m. Adoniram Houghton, and res. for a time 
in Walpole. After the death of her husband she re- 
turned to W., whgre she d., about the year 1842. 



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STORY. 

Abraham B. Story, son of David Story, was born in 
Dunbarton, N. H., March 22, 1777. He was educated at 
Brown University, and afterward studied law, and prac- 
ticed a short time in Northwood. He came to Washing- 
ton early in the present century, and continued in the 
practice of his profession, at the center of the town, until 
near the close of his life. He res. in the large house pre- 
viously owned by Azariah Faxon, and which was after- 
ward the home of the Healy family. It is now the res- 
idence of Dexter Ball. He married Letitia Cochran of 
New Boston, in Jan., 1805, who died in W., Oct. 25, 1806. 
About the year 1809, he married Theodocia Willard of 
Charlestown, N. H. About the year 1830, he went to 
Dunbarton, his old home, and there died, Sept. 16, 1830. 
His only child was by his first wife : — 



Letitia, b. W., Dec. 6, 1805 ; m. J. Warren White, son 
of Rev. Broughton White of Washington, in Aug., 1826. 
He went to England a few years after their marriage and 
never returned. She married Calvin Ainsworth, May 6, 
1846; res. ten years in Concord, and since 1856 has res. 
in Madison, Wis. Her hu-sband d. July 7, 1873. She is 
interested in all that pertains to the history of her native 
town. The large horse chestnut trees in the yard belong- 
ing to the house where she was born, were planted by 
her hand more than fifty years ago. 

Ziba S. Story was born in Enfield, Aug. 7, 18 10. His 
ancestors were residents of Ipswich, Mass. He married 
Esther C. Huntoon of Unity, Sept. 11, 1837. She died 
in Sunapee, Oct. 11, 1841, and he was married to Mary B. 
Davis of Croydon, May 11, 1842. He resided for a time 
in Croydon and Sunapee, and settled in Washington 
about the year 1845. He res. in W. until his death. 



628 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

which occurred March 26, 1865. His wife died in W., 
June 20, 1866. Children: — 

I. 

William H., b. Croydon, Oct. 7, 1838; m. Sarah M. 
Newell, Apr. 7, 1861, and now res. in Hillsborough. He 
was in the army during the Rebellion. Children : — 

(i) Amy L., b. Bradford, July 14, 1864. 

(2) Fred G., b. " Jan. 15, 1866. 

(3) W. Oscar, b. Hillsborough, Oct. 19, 1868. 

(4) Frank S., b. " Dec. 14, 1871. 

II. 
Esther H., b, Sunapee, March 18, 1841 ; m. David F. 
French, Dec. 24, 1855 ; res. in Enfield. 

STOWELL. * 

Jesse Stowell was a son of Thaddeus and Debora (Fish- 
•er) Stowell. His father died in May, 1796, and his moth- 
er died March 5, 1801. 

He was born in Dedham, Mass., Aug. 19, 1775, and m. 
Mary Talbot, who was born in Dedham, March 2, 1779. 
They resided for a time in Dempster, N. H., and removed 
from that town to Washington, about the year 1820. 
They settled north of Ashuelot Pond, on what is known 
as the " Stowell farm." But little of the farm was cleared 
when he took possession, and the house was built of logs. 
He died in W., Sept. 24, 1828. His wife d. Feb. 23, 
1862. Children : — 

I. 

Sarah, b. Dedham, Mass., Feb. 27, 1801. 

II. 

Mary, b. Dedham, Mass., Feb. 27, 1801 ; m. Zebulon 
Baker and res. in Goshen. 

III. 

John, b. Dedham, Mass., Apr. 10, 1803. He married 
Anna B., dau. of Silas Fisher, of W., Feb. 8, 1826, and 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 629 

res. in Lempster until after his father's death, in 1828. 
About the year 1829 they removed to W., and settled on 
the farm previously occupied by his father. His wife d. 
May 31, 1832, and he was married to Livonia Fisher, a 
sister of his first wife, Oct. 23, 1832. She d. Feb. 12, 
1838. His third marriage was to Minerva M. Rounsevel 
of Unity, June 29, 1840, who died July 9, 1847. His 
fourth marriage was to Abigail Fletcher of Lempster, 
June 28, 1848. She d. March 8, 1866. John Stow- 
ell d. in W., July 18, 1870. He was a man of upright 
character, and firm convictions, and was an esteemed citi- 
zen. Children : — 

(Ist wife) 
(i) Henry F., b. Lempster, May 14, 1826; m. Henri- 
etta Ayer of Newbury, Feb. 20, 1850; res. in Claremont 
for a time ; now res. in Unity. Children : — 

1 Benj. F., b, Claremont, Sept. 5, 185 1. 

2 Elgin W., b. " Mar. 26, 1854. 

3 Annie G., b. " Nov. 3, 1864. 

(2) Cynthia J., b. W., Nov. 13, 1829; m. Wm. Farns- 
worth of W., Sept. 19, 1855 ; res. in W. 

(3) Abner B., b. W., Apr. 14, 1.832 ; m. Mrs. Alma A. 
Brackett of Newbury, Oct. 11, 1855; res. in W., until 
1870; has since res. in Dunstable, Mass., Lancaster, 
Mass., and Amherst, N. H.; now res. in Amherst. Child- 
ren : — 

1 John E., b. W., March 20, i860; m. Isa L. Day, 
Nov. 12, 1880, who d. Sept. 19, 1883. His second wife is 
Mary R. Blood of Merrimack, whom he married Nov. 3, 
1885 ; res.«in Bedford. Child : — 

Maurice E., born. May 23, 1881. 

2 Herbert M., b. Sutton, March 12, 1S70. 

3 Herman M., b. " March 12, 1870. 



630 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(2nd wife) 

(4) Martha A., b. W., Apr. 6, 1834; m. John French 
of Merrimack, and afterward Jonathan Martin of Weare. 
She died Aug. 4, 1882. 

(5) Silas F., b. W., Feb. 27, 1836; m. Mrs. Harriet 
E. Goodwin, widow of Rev. Joshua Goodwin, Nov. i, 
1857. She was a dau. of Stephen Mead, Jr., of W. They 
res. many years in Washington. He served three years 
in the 14th N. H. reg't, during the Rebellion. His wife 
died in Milford, Oct. 2, 1878. Children :— 

1 Hattie I., b W., Nov. 26, 1859. 

2 Oscar B., b. W., Aug. 3, 1861. 

IV. 
Abner, b. Dedham, Mass., Sept. 27, 1805 ; d. in Clare- 
mont, Nov. 22, 1876. 

V. 
Jesse, b. Dedham, Mass., Dec. 9, 1807; m. Jane Gra- 
ham, Jan. 5, 1832. His second wife was Emily Pollard ; 
res. in Washington, Claremont and Lempster ; now res. 
in Lempster. 

VI. 
Katharine, b. Dedham, June 21, 1810; d. in Unity, 
May, 1885. 

VII. 
Nathan D., b. Dedham, Mass., Nov. 24, 1812; res. in 
Charlotte, Mich. 

VIII. 
Hannah, b. Lempster, Dec. 21, 1817; d., 1870. 

IX. 
Lucy, b. Lempster, Aug. 28, 1820; m. Rev. Lorenzo 
Tandy, and res. in Athol, Mass. 

SWEET. 

Dexter Sweet, son of Gideon and Experience (White) 
Sweet, and grandson of Thomas and Rebecca (Peck) 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 63 1 

Sweet, was born in Attleborough, Mass., Mar. 31, 1775. 
He married Lucy Dunham, and settled in his native town, 
where he resided until 1805, when he removed to Unity, 
N. H., and the following year came to Washington. He 
settled in the Mountain district, on a farm which he pur- 
chased of James Steele, and which was situated on the 
high land, south-east of Capt. Moses Dinsmore's. There 
he resided until his death, which occurred Jan. 28, 1840. 
His wife died Mar. 3, 1840. Capt. Sweet, as he was called, 
was one of the most substantial farmers of Washington, 
and in his day, that part of the town in which he lived was 
not excelled in productiveness by any other part of the 
town. To-day most of the farms are deserted and used 
as pastures. Their children were : — 

I. 

Lucy, b. Attleborough, Mass., July 18, 1799; m. Timo- 
thy Wood of W., Nov. 22, 1825 ; res. in W., where she d., 
Aug. 27, 1883. 

II. 
Dexter, b. Attleborough, Mass., Mar. 17, 1801 ; d. in 
W., Jan. 10, 1842. 

III. 
Gardner, b. Norton, Mass., Nov. 19, 1802; d. in Smith- 
field, R. L, July 19, 1833. 

IV. 
Armoni, b. Attleborough, Mass., May 2, 1804; m. Abi- 
gail Newell, in 1825 ; res. in Newport, where he d., Mar. 
5, 1883. Children : — 

(i) Elkanah. 

(2) Abbie N. 

(3) Gardner. , 

V. 

Orpah, b. Washington, Mar. 11, 1806; m. Jeremiah 
Nettleton, Dec. 2, 1830; res. in Newport. 



632 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

VI. 

Zilpah, b. W., Apr. 24, 1807; ^- Amos Kidder, Sept. 
23, 1838. After her husband's death she married Thomas 
Peaslee, in 1852. She now res. in W. 

VII. 

Seneca, b. W., July 25, 1808; m. Mary A. Millen of 
Bradford, Apr., 1839. She d. Mar. 28, 1840, and he was 
married to Harriet W. Hovely, Nov. 7, 1843 ; has resided 
in different towns in Sullivan County, Claremont being 
his present place of residence. Children : 

(2ud wife) 

(i) Mary A., b. Newport, Sept. 2, 1844. 

(2) Homer L., b. Newport, Dec. 10, 1845. 

(3) Harlan P., b. Langdon, June 5, 1850. 

(4) Dexter H., b. " Jan. 4, 1852 ; d. Sept., 1866. 

(5) Jerry H.,b. " Oct. 3i,'i853 ; d. Sept., 1866. 

(6) Lucy F., b. Alstead, Feb. 16, 1858; d. Sept., 1866. 

(7) Ella M., b. Dempster, Nov. 12, 1861 ; d. Sept., 1866. 

VIII. 
Salona, b. W., July 25, 1808; m. Isaac Proctor of W., 
Mar. 6, 1845 ; res. in W., many years ; now res. in Goshen. 

IX. 
Laprellette, b. W., Jan. 31, 18 10; m. Elizabeth Kidder 
of Sunapee, Mar. 3, 1835 ; res. in Sunapee, Claremont and 
Newport; d. in Newport, Nov. 4, 1842. Children: — 

(i) James L., b. Sunapee, Jan. 23, 1836; d. Nov. 10, 
1843. 

(2) Hartford S., b. Claremont, Apr. 6, 1838 ; m. Nellie 
Haskell of Salem, Mass., res. in Salem, Mass., twelve 
years, where he was engaged in the fruit trade. He now 
res. in^Blue Hill, Me., and is engaged in farming; served 
three years in the army, during the Rebellion. Children : — 

1 Lizzie P., b. Salem, Mass., Mar. 19, 1870. 

2 Nellie J., b. " June 16, 1872. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 633 

3 Hartford S., b. Salem, Mass., Jan. 4, 1876. 

4 Fannie N., b. " Oct. 11, 1878. 

(3) Sarah E., b. Newport, Feb. 20, 1842. 

X. 

Hartford, b. W., June 7, 1811 ; d. Sept. 24, 18 12. 

XL 

Hartford, b. W., Oct. 18, 1812; m. Fannie E. Nettleton 
of Newport, Oct. 10, 1845; was a wholesale and retail 
dealer in boots and shoes, and, with the exception of eleven 
months spent in Jefferson, his married life was spent in 
Lancaster, where he d., July 16, 1872. Children; 

(i) Helen F., b. Lancaster, May 18, 1848. 

(2) Jerry H., b. " Feb. 7, 185 1. 

(3) Julia H., b. " Feb. 7, 185 1. 

(4) Henry N., b., " Jan. 15, 1853 ; d. Jan. 16, 
1854. 

(5) Henry N., b. Lancaster, Aug. 4, i860; is a clerk 
in the Australasian shipping house of Henry W. Peabody 
& Co., of Boston. 

XII. 
Elmina, b. W., May 14, 1814; m. John Mcllvaine of W., 
Mar. 24, 1850; res. in W. 

XIII. 

Mehitable W., b. W., Jan. 17, 1816; m. Isaac Proctor 
of W., Aug. 3, 1834 ; d. Jan. 18, 1845. 

TABOR. 

The Tabor family came to Washington at a very early 
date, from Tiverton, Rhode Island. There were several 
brothers of the name who settled in town about the same 
time. 

Church Tabor, perhaps the most prominent member of 
the family to settle in Washington, held office here in 



634 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

1779; but the precise date of his arrival is not known. 
He was born about the year 1755, and before his settle- 
ment in Washington, served in the Revolutionary army. 
He afterwards drew a pension. He settled at the south 
part of the town, on a farm, now the property of Supply 
Barney of Washington. He married Elizabeth, dau. of 
James and Jane Steele, whose parents resided on the 
farm where he settled, at the South district. 

He was a carpenter, and is said to have been the mas- 
ter workman in the erection of the old town house, which 
is still standing, in good preservation, at the age of near- 
ly a hundred years. He continued to reside in W. until 
18 1 2, when he removed to South Hero, Vt., a town situ- 
ated on an island in lake Champlain, where he resided 
until his death. In February, 1835, his house was de- 
stroyed by fire, and he perished in the flames. Children : — 

I. 

Sally, b. W., July 7, 1783 ; m. Joseph Emerson of Stod- 
dard, May 10, 1804. 

II. 
Betsey, b. W., Feb. 26, 1785 ; d. Apr. 22, 1785. 

III. 
Jane, b. W., March 23, 1786; m. Nathaniel Healy of 
W., Dec. 22, 1807; d. in Topsham, Vt., Nov. 23, 1871. 

IV. 
Betsey, b. W., Jan. 3, 1788; m. Wm. White, Jr., of 
Windsor, Vt., Oct. 4, 181 3. 

V. 
John, b. W., Apr. 24, 1790. 

VI. 
Polly, b. W., Apr. 25, 1791. 

VII. 
Church, Jr., b. W., Feb. 2, 1793. 

VIII. 
John, b. W., Jan. 5, 1795. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 635 

IX. 



Joseph, b. W., 



Hiram, b. W., 



X. 
XI. 

XII. 



XIII. 

James M., b. W., Feb. 15, 1807; ^- Mary Soper, Mar. 
3, 1833; res. in South Hero, Vt., until 1836, when he re- 
moved to Swanton, Vt., where he now resides. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Church, b. South Hero, Vt.; July 25, 1835 ; is a 
prominent clergyman of the Methodist denomination, in 
Vt. 

(2) Phebe A., b. Swanton, Vt. 

(3) Erastus S., b. Swanton, Vt. 

(4) Betsey E., b. Swanton, Vt. 

(5) James M., b. Swanton, Vt. 

(6) Mary, b. Swanton, Vt. 

(7) John A., b. Swanton, Vt. 

(8) Jane L., b. Swanton, Vt. 

David Tabor, brother of Church Tabor, settled on the 
high land, two miles south of East Washington, very 
near the spot where Charles Jones afterward settled. He 
res. there until his death, Apr. 13, 1847, at the age of 
eighty-two years. Hannah (Murray) Tabor, wife of David 
Tabor, d. May 24, 1850, aged 83 years. The following 
list of children may not be entirely correct, but is mainly 
so. Children : — 

I. 

Joseph, b. W., ; killed in youth by a falling tree. 

II. 

Priscilla, b. W., ; m. Jonathan Moore, Aug. 8, 

1825; res. in Newburyport, Mass. 



636 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

III. 

Elvira, b. W., ^ ; m. Holmes, and res. in 

Boston. 

IV. 

Maria, b. W., ; m. Sevvall Jones. 

V. 

Louisa, b. W., about 1809; d. Apr. 2, 1849, aged 40 
years. 

VI. 

Joseph M., b. W., ; m. Catharine Edes, Dec. 29, 

1836; res. for a time in W., but removed to Minn., and 
afterward to Texas. They had three children : — 

(1) David M. 

(2) Sullivan. 

(3) Hiram. 

Amos Tabor, brother of Church and David Tabor, 
lived many years in W. He had no family, 

Martha Tabor m. Archibald White, Jr., of W., Apr. 29, 
1779. 

, Lemuel Tabor was in W. in 1778, when he held the 
office of town clerk. 

Joseph Tabor was a highway surveyor in W., in 1778. 

The three last named persons may have been sister 
and brothers of Church and David Tabor. 



TANDY. 

Silas Tandy, son of Samuel Tandy, was born in Goshen, 
Aug. 5, 1824. He came to Washington before mar- 
riage and was engaged in blacksmithing, at which trade 
he was a superior workman. He married Julana, dau. of 
Justus Like of Hillsborough, May 31, 1854, and has ever 
since resided in Washington. Children : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 637 

I. 

Cora E., b. W., Apr. 17, 1859; m. Edwin W. Muzzey, 
Jan. I, 1885 ; res. in Newbury, 

II. 

Delia G., b. W., July 23, 1862 ; m. Charles F. Wellman, 
of W., Apr. 21, 1885.; res. in W. 

Alfred A. Tandy, son of Samuel, and brother of Silas 
Tandy, was born in Goshen, Feb. 19, 1828; He married 
Diana H., dau. of Joel Severance of W., in 1853, ^i^id has 
since resided in Washington. His wife died Dec. 10, 1879, 
and he was married to Betsey J. Towne of Goshen, Nov. 
25, 1880. Children : — 

I. 
Edmund D., b. W., Dec. 16, 1854; res. in W. 

II. 
Eleanor D., b. W., Mar. 28, 1857; m. Hiram A. Sev- 
erance, in 1872 ; res. in W. 

III. 
Delia F., b. VV., Apr. 24, 1859; "i- Aaron Thompson of 

Sunapee, ; res. in Sunapee. 

IV. 
Lucia, b. W., June 2, 1861 ; d. May 11, 1863. 

V. 
Anna M., b. W., May 16, 1864; m. Laroy C. Tandy, 
in 1882; res. in Goshen. 

VI. 
Wm. A., b. W., Aug. 29, 1867. 

VII. 
Robert H., b. W., Mar. 29, 1873. 

TAYLOR. 

Daniel Taylor came to Washington from Hollis as early 
as 1779. The place where he resided is not known, nei- 
ther is it known whether he died in W. There is a 



638 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

record of the birth of one child of Daniel and Annis Tay- 
lor. 

I. 

Daniel, Jr., b. Hollis, Jan. 7, 1777. 

Reuben Taylor came from Hancock and settled in 
Washington, in the Mountain district, about the year 1800. 
He resided on the farm which is now the home of Alfred 
A. Tandy, near the intersection of the Bradford and East 
Washington roads. His wife was Nabby Breed of Nelson, 
whom he married Dec. 26, 1791. He died Mar. 13, 1804, 
aged 40 years. His widow married Alexander Parker of 
Hillsborough. At the time of Reuben Taylor's death he 
had seven children, two of whom, Hiram and Sylvia, were 
adopted by Capt. Moses Dinsmore. Children : — 

I. 

Lucy, b. Hancock, Nov. 27, 1793 ; m. Campbell, 

and d. in her ninetieth year. 

11. 
Milly, b. Hancock, Feb. 6, 1795 ; m. Zebediah Shattuck ; 
d. in Hillsborough, in 18 19. 

III. 
Charles, b. Hancock, July, 1797 ; went to New Ipswich ; 
d. Jan. 4, 1850. 

IV. 
Nathaniel, b. Hancock, Oct., 1798 ; res. in Hillsborough. 

V. 
James, b. W., June 17, 1800 ; d. in South Boston in 1872. 

VI. 
Sylvia, b. W., Jan. i, 1802; m. David Campbell of Ac- 
worth, Oct. 5, 1819; d. Dec. 28, 1856. Her husband now 
res. in Minn. 

VII. 
Hiram, b. W., Sept. 3, 1803. After his father's death, 
and when about four years of age, he was adopted by 



HISTORY OF WASHTNGTON. 659 

Capt. Moses Dinsmore, where he remained until 1832, 
when he went to Newton, Mass., to reside. In 1838 he 
returned to W., where he res. a short time, but finally set- 
tled in Newton, Mass., where he d., Dec. 4, 1844. He m. 
Phebe Shattuck of Hillsborough, Feb. 23, 1829. She d. 
in W., May 18, 1839, ^^^ he was again m. to Mrs. Malin- 
da C. Piper of Danvers, Mass. He was an honest and up- 
right man. Children : — 

(i) Moses D., b. W., June 25, 1830; m. Mary E. Chan- 
dler of Nashua, Nov. 27, 1856; has res. in Nashua since 
marriage, and represented that city in the legislature, in 
1867 and 1868. Children : — 

1 Charles H., b. Nashua, Apr. 13, 1864. 

2 Lizzie M., b. " Nov. 24, 1868. 

(2) Elizabeth T., b, Newton, Mass., Oct. 27, 1837. 



THISSELL. 

Henry Thissell was born in New Salem, Apr. 30, 1779. 
He was a sea-faring man for ten years, and after marriage 
resided in Fishersfield (Newbury). He died in Lempster, 
Apr. 4, 1 861. It is related that while cruising near the 
Russian coast, the crew to which he belonged went ashore, 
and ascended a high hill, from which they saw, at a great 
distance, the vast army of Bonaparte, resembling, on ac- 
count of its size and numbers, a forest of trees. Hiram, 
son of Henry Thissell, was born in Fishersfield, Aug. 18, 
181 1. He married Jane Collins of that town, Feb. 16, 
1837, and resided many years in his native town, then 
called Newbury. He afterward settled in Lempster, 
where he resided until 1861, when he came to Washing- 
ton, where he was engaged in trade at the center of the 
town. In 1876 he removed to Goshen, where he now 
lives. Children : — 



640 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

I. 

Wm. T., b. Newbury, Feb. 25, 1838 ; m. Mary A. Nich- 
ols, Sept. 20, 1864. His wife died Dec. 19, 1867, and he 
m. Axie L. Leach, Jan. 23, 1871 ; res. in Goshen. 

II. 
E. Amri, b. Newbury, Dec. 28, 1839 ; ^^i. Nellie S. Gates, 
Jan. 19, 1864; res. in Lowell, Mass. 

III. 
Ambrose J., b. Newbury, Sept. 30, 1841 ; m. May O. 
Glark, May 19, 1870; res. Oswego, N. Y. 

IV. 
Mary J., b. Newbury, Feb. 24, 1845 ; ^- Supply Barney, 
and res. in W. 

V. 
Albanus G., b. Newbury, Mar. 10, 1850; d. in Ghelms- 
ford, Mass., Sept., 1878. 

VI. 

Ova N., b. Lempster, June 20, 185 i ; m. Glara V. Bald- 
win, Oct. 4, 1871 ; res. in Lowell, Mass. 

VII. 

H. Ervin, b. Lempster, July 17, 1854; m. Marcia Gove 
of Goshen ; res. in Dakota. 

THOMPSON. 

Amos Thompson, son of Amos Thompson, was born in 
Sutton, May 9, 1844. During the war of the Rebellion 
he served in the 6th N. H. reg't, and in 1865 removed 
from Goshen to Washington, where he has since resided. 
He married Elvira Young of Washington, and has four 
children : — 

I. 

Ada L., b. W., June 12, 1871. 

II. 

Emma A., b. W., Dec. 28, 1873. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 64I 

III. 

Alice E., b. W., Feb. 4, 1875. 

IV. 
Alma A., b. W., Feb. 12, 1878. 

TILESTON. 

James Tileston was born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 2, 1761. 
He married Hannah Vose, a sister of John Vose, one of 
the early settlers of Washington. She was a native of 
Milton, Mass., and was born Sept. 30, 1767. They settled 
in Dorchester, Mass., where they resided some years, but 
in 1796 they removed to Washington and settled in the 
Mountain district, on a farm afterward owned by Hezekiah 
Bacon, and still later by Moses D. Proctor. He remained 
in W. until 18 16 — just twenty years — when he returned 
to Boston, where he died, May 21, 1817. His wife died in 
Boston, Jan. 31, 1829. Children: — 

I. 

Hannah, b. Dorchester, Mass., May 11, 1784; m. John 
Vose, Jr., of W., Mar. 28, 1800; res. in W. many years; 
d. in Newtonville, Mass., Sept., 1878, 

II. 
James H., b. Dorchester, Mass., Jan. 9, 1787; d. in W., 
Apr. 4, 1796. 

III. 

Otis, b. Dorchester, Mass., June i, 1789; was a mer- 
chant in Boston ; d. June 14, 1837. 

IV. 

Elisha, b. Dorchester, Mass., Aug. 4, 1791 ; d. Sept. 29, 
1791. 

V. 

Susan, b. Dorchester, Mass., Oct. 29, 1793; d. Aug. 10, 
1794. 



642 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

VI. 

William, b. Boston, Dec. 30, 1795. 

VII. 
Elizabeth B., b. Washington, Jan. 2^, 1798 ; m. Thomas 
Kellom, Jr., Jan., 1826, and res. many years in Hillsbor- 
ough. She died in Claverack, N. Y., at the residence of 
her dau., Jan. 11, 1882. 

VIII. 

Susanna, b. W., Mar. 26, 1800 ; m. Freeman, and 

res. in Boston ; d. Mar. 26, 1833. 

IX. 
James, b. W., Jan. 24, 1802 ; d. Oct. 19, 1806. 

X. 

Mary, b. W., Dec. 29, 1803; m. De Luce, and 

res. near Boston. After the death of her husband, she m. 

Francis, and afterward removed to the West, 

where she died. 

XI. 

Nancy, b. W., July 26, 1805 ; m. Blodgett ; d. 

in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1832. 

XII. 
James H., b, W., Aug. 16, 1807 ; d. in the West. 

TOWNE. 

Richard Tovvne was born in Lyndeborough, Dec. 28, 
1783. He came to Washington when a young man, 
and settled in the West district, a half mile from Rus- 
sell's Mill, near Barrett Pond. He afterward res. on the 
place now owned by S. Newell Mead, near Russell's Mill. 
He m. Abigail Tuttle of Stoddard, who died Oct. 29, 
1852. He m. for his second wife, Lucy R., dau. of John 
Metcalf of W., June 14, 1857. He continued to reside in 
W., until his death, which occurred Sept. 10, 1869. His 
children were by his first wife as follows : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 643 

I. 

Clarissa, b. W., Feb. 15, 1812; m. John Sawtelle, and 
after his death, she married Frederick Pitcher, May 26, 
1845. Her husband d. Feb. 26, 1864. 

11. 

Milan, b. W., 1814; m. Fannie Tubbs. She died in 
1875, and he afterward married Mary E. Tubbs. He d.. 
in 1883. 

III. 

Harvey, b. W., 1818; m. Sarah O. Seward, a native of 
Sullivan. Children : — 

(i) George H., b. Sept. 15, 1847; m. Brad- 
ford of Mario w. 

(2) Blonden M., b. ; m. Elsie Winchester of 

Sullivan. 

IV. 

Julia A., b. W., Aug. 28, 1824; m. Hartwell Wright of 
W., in 1844; res. in W. 

V. 

Sarah J., b. W., Jan. 2, 1828; m. Ezra G. Huntley, 
Sept. 8, 1847. 

TRAIN. 

Ephraim Train was a native of Weston, Mass., and 
came to Hillsborough early in the history of that town, 
where he res. many years. Before his death he removed 
to Washington, where he d., March 10, 1837, aged 87 
years. Rebekah, his wife, died Sept. 12, 1845, aged 90 
years. 

Harry Train, son of Ephraim and Rebekah Train, was 
born in Hillsborough, Jan. 26, 1780. He m. Sally An- 
drews of Hillsborough, June 11, 1804, and soon after set- 
tled in Washington, He was a tanner and shoemaker. 



644 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

and res. at the center of the town, where he built the 
large house lately occupied by his son, the late Henry 
Train. He was active in business, and an influential 
townsman. He held the rank of Colonel in the old state 
militia, and is generally spoken of as Col. Train. He d. 
in Washington, Sept. 18, 1846. His wife died Sept. 28, 
1873, aged 90 years. Children: — 

1. 

Samuel H., b. W., May 11, 1805; m. Eliza Rice of 
Henniker, Aug. i, 1834; res. in Boston, and had three 
children ; d. Apr. 10, 1855. 

II. 

Harriet A., b. W., Mar. 31, 1807; m. Dr. Milton Par- 
ker of Acworth, who died in 1842. She res. in Chicago. 

ni. 

Sarah B., b. W., March 8, 1809 ; m. Sleeper of 

Unity, in 1834. She married for her second husband, 
Geo. A. Whittemore of Bennington, in 1844; res. in Ben- 
nington. 

IV. 

Henry, b. W., May 14, 1811 ; m. Julia A., dau. of 
Abram Dow of W., Oct. 28, 1850. She died Aug. i, 
1859. His second wife was Mrs. Catharine M. (Jones) 
Dean, whom he married Nov. 6, 1861. His married life 
was spent in Washington, where he was a popular citizen. 
He held much office, including that of representative in 
the legislature. He was for a time the popular land- 
lord of the Lovell House, at the center of the town. The 
last years of his life were spent on the place where he 
was born, and under the same roof that sheltered him 
in infancy, he breathed his last, March 29, 1886. His 
wife's death occurred just one week previously, March 22, 
1886. Children:— 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 645 

(1st wife) 
(i) Arthur A., b. W., Dec. 13, 1851; m. Mary R., 
dau. of Henry Merrill, Nov. 27, 1884; res. in Fitchburg, 
Mass. 

(2) Henry A., b. W., Sept. 21, 1853; d. Sept. 10, 
1858. 

(3) Ansel P., b. W., Nov. 23, 1855; m. Annie Bum- 
ford, and res. in W. Children : — 



^■' b. W., Oct. 19, 1883. 



1 Charles A., 

2 Henry A. 

V. 

Emily, b. W., Nov. 19, 1813; d. Feb. 6, 1815. 

VI. 
Charles, b. W., Jan. 16, 1816; m. Luretta P. Keyes, 
Oct. 13, 1845; res. in W., many years, and was at one 
time landlord of the Lovell House. He d. in Manches- 
ter, July 17, 1871. No children. 

VII. 
Isaac, b. W., May 13, 1818 ; d. July 28, 18 18. 

VIII. 
Isaac, b. W., July 13, 1819; m. Lydia Murray; res. in 
Pomeroy, Ohio, where he died in 1879. 

IX. 
Arthur, b. W., Aug. 16, 1823; was educated at Kim- 
ball Union Academy at Meriden ; studied medicine, and 
took the degree of M. D. at the University of Pennsylva- 
nia, at Philadelphia, in 1848; practiced in Virginia four 
years, in Philadelphia, one year, and eight years in Chica- 
go, where he had a large and lucrative practice. During 
the Rebellion he was employed as army surgeon one 
■year, and was stationed in Kentucky. He now resides in 
Washington. 

X. 
Hannah A., b. W., Mar. 16, 1826; m. Charles F. 
Thomas, Dec. 7, 1844; res. in Covington, Ky. 



646 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON, 

TROW. 

Charles Trow, son of Levi Trow, was born in Goshen, 
Dec, 1837. He married Kate B., dau. of James Tubbs of 
Washington, June 6, i860, and has since resided in W. 
Child :— 

I. 

Carrie B., b. W., Nov. 11, 1861 ; m. George P. Fowler 
of W., Dec. 24, 1881 ; res. in W. 

George D. Trow, son of Perkins Trow, was born in 
Goshen, Feb. 16, 1846. He married Laurella, dau. of J. 
Henry Newman of W., Jan. 29, 1880. They resided five 
years near Dunlap, Iowa, but in 1885 they returned to 
Washington, where they now reside. Child : — 

I. 

Ethel C, b. Lincoln, Iowa, June i, 1883. 



TUBRS. 

James Tubbs was born in Marlow, May 2, 1798. He 
married Betsey W. Faxon, dau. of James Faxon of Wash- 
ington, Apr. 21, 1 82 1. They settled in New Boston, 
where they resided until the autumn of 1829, when they 
settled in Washington, at the center of the town, where 
he was engaged in blacksmithing and farming. He con- 
tinued to reside in Washington until his death, which oc- 
curred Oct. 9, 1877. His widow still survives him, and is 
one of the oldest residents of the town. Children : — 



James B., b. New Boston, Apr. 24, 1824; m. Justina 
M. Tubbs ; res. in Peterborough and W., his present place 
of residence being in W.; jeweller. Children : — 

(i) Ellrose, b. Nashua, Jan. 20, 185 i. 

(2) Frank A., b. Washington, Aug. 2, 1854. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 647 

(3) Alice C, b. Peterborough, Jan. 25, 1858. 

. (4) James, b. " July 12, 1859. 

(5) Flora J., b. " Oct. 31, 1862. 

(6) Alfred B., b. " Sept. 8, 1865. 

II. 

Dan, b. New Boston, Jan. 23, 1826; d. Jan. 14, 1830. 

III. 
Betsey, b. New Boston, Dec. 10, 1828; m. Joseph A. 
Simonds, Jan. 24, 1847; ^^^- W. 

IV. 

Vilona L., b. Washington, Mar. 26, 1830; m. Jacob B. 
Gilson of Nashua, Dec. 26, 1847. 

V. 

Alfred B., b. W., Jan. 10, 1837; d. Feb. 8, 1861. 

VI. 
Catharane B., b. W., May 8, 1839; ^'^- Charles Trow, 
June 6, i860 ; res. W. 

VICKEIiY. 

Amasa Vickery, son of Benjamin and Rhoda (Hol- 
brook) Vickery, was born Sept. i, 1777, probably in Ches- 
terfield, N. H. He removed to Lempster, when a young 
man, and there married, in 1802, Salome, dau. of Eben- 
ezer and Amy Spaulding of Lempster. He resided in 
Lempster until his death, which occurred Oct. 25, 18 10. 
His widow afterward married John Reed and died in 
Hillsborough. Children : — 

I. 

Amy, b. Lempster, Aug. 8, 1803. 

II. 
Olive, b. Lempster, Feb. 8, 1805 ; m. Charles Reed, 
Dec. I, 1831 ; now resides in Medfield, Mass. 



648 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

III. 

Calvin, b. I.empster, Aug. 10, 1808; res. some years of 
his childhood with Capt. David Lincoln, at East Wash- 
ington ; m. Emily, dau. of Lewis and Betsey Vickery of 
W., Apr. 23, 1849; was engaged many years in shoemak- 
ing, and res. in Londonderry, Greenfield, and Washing- 
ton. He was successful in business and acquired a good 
property. He d. in W., Mar, 6, 1868. His widow still 
res. in Washington. 

Lewis Vickery, son of Benjamin and Rhoda Vickery, 
and brother of Amasa Vickery, was born Nov. 12, 1779, 
probably in Chesterfield, N. H. He was the second child 
in a family of eleven children. He married Betsey Bond, 
dau. of Samuel and Esther Bond of Winchester, N. H. 
She was born Jan. 13, 1779. In 1805 they removed 
from Winchester to a farm in Lempster, now known as 
the Butterfield farm, where they took up their abode in a 
log house which had been previously erected. There 
they lived about two years when they took possession of 
a more comfortable framed dwelling which he had erect- 
ed. Some ten years afterward they removed to Washing- 
ton, and settled on the Goshen road, four miles from 
Washington Center, and there he res. many years. The 
place is still known as the " Vickery place." Lewis Vick- 
ery died in Washington, June 24, 1853. His wife died 
in Jan., 1862. Children : — 

I. 

Laura, b. Lempster, Nov. 23, 1805 ; m. Luman Hurd, 
May 17, 1832; res. in Merrimack a short time, afterward 
in W., and Providence, R. L; d. in Providence, Sept. 10, 
1884. 

n. 

Emily, b. Lempster, Mar. 30, 1807; m. Calvin Vickery, 
Apr. 23, 1849; ^^s. principally in W., where she now res. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 649 

iir. 

Lewis, b. Lempster, Dec. lo, 1808; m. Lucy Peasley 
and began married life in Washington. He afterward re- 
moved to Hillsborough, where he still resides. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Daniel L., b, W., July 24, 1836 ; m. Emma M. Fos- 
ter of Hillsborough, Jan. i, 1864; res. in Hillsborough 
until 1877, when he removed to Washington, where he 
now resides. His wife died in Hillsborough, Nov. 14, 
1864. Child :— 

I Aiden W., b. Hillsborough, Nov. 13, 1864; res. in W. 

(2) George H., b. W., Nov. 12, 1837; d. in 184/]. 

(3) Mary E., b. W., Apr. 25, 1842 ; m. Wm. H. Myers, 
Sept. 10, 1868; res. in W., and Manchester; now res. in 
W. Her husband d. in Manchester, Aug. 15, 1874. 
Their only child, Emma A. Myers, was born in W., Jan. 
19, 1872. 

(4) Jennie E., b. W., Feb. 13, 1846; res. in Hillsbor- 
ough. 

(5) George C, b. Hillsborough, Feb. 20, 1854; m. 
Sarah Edwards of Boston ; res. in Aspen, Col. 

IV. 

Benjamin, b. Lempster, Aug. 16, 18 10; m. Rachel 
Huntley, March 24, 1836. He was a farmer, and res. in 
Washington and Lempster; d. in W., June 12, i860. 
His widow res. in Hillsborough. Children : — 

(i) Ellen M., b. W.; m. Samuel B. Strickland, in 1861; 
d. in Hillsborough in 1885. 

(2) Elizabeth, b. W.; m. John Strickland; d. at Nash- 
ua in 1 86 1 {?). 

(3) Rodney B., b. W.; m. Geraldine Marshall of 
Goshen, in 1861 ; res. in W., where he died, Feb. 19, 
1878, aged 36 years. Children : — 

1 Franklin B., b. W., July 30, 1862. 

2 Euo:ene. 



650 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

YOSE. 

Robert Vose' appeared in Milton, Mass., in 1654, and 
had, at that time, a wife, Jane, two sons and two daughters. 
He died Oct. 15, 1683, aged 84 yrs. His wife died Oct., 
1675. Their descendants were represented in Milton for 
many generations. 

Edward^ son of Robert and Jane Vose, was born in 
1636, and was married to his wife, Jane, before he came 
to Milton. He d. Jan. 29, 17 16, aged 80 yrs. 

Nathaniel^ son of Edward and Jane Vose, was born 
Nov. 17, 1672, and m. Mary Belcher. He d. Oct. 18, 1753. 

Nathaniel, Jr.,^ son of Nathaniel and Mary Vose, was 
born Mar. 31, 1699: He m. Rachel Bent, and died in 
1752. 

Oliver^, son of Nathaniel, Jr., and Rachel Vose, was 
born Feb. 10, 1734 or 1735. He was twice married, first 
to Elizabeth Babcock, and secondly to Keziah Draper. 
He removed to Roxbury, Mass., where he died. 

John Vose''', the oldest son of Oliver and Elizabeth Vose, 
was born in Milton, Mass., May 21, 1756. He married 
Melatiah Davenport, and lived for a time in Milton and 
Roxbury. He removed to Washington between the years 
1780 and 1783, and settled on the south-eastern slope of 
Lovell's Mountain, where he built a log house and cleared 
a farm. After a few years he built a frame house, a 
few rods north-east of his log house, the cellar of which 
can now be seen. The buildings were long ago demol- 
ished. He was an enterprising farmer, and a good citizen, 
and held the office of deacon in the Congregational Church. 
He resided in W. until about the year 18 10, when he re- 
turned to Milton, Mass., his native town, where he died, 
Oct. I, 1825. Children :— 

I. 

John, Jr., b. Milton, Mass., July 10, 1778; m. Hannah, 
dau. of James Tilston of Washington, Mar. 28, 1800; res. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 65 I 

in W., on the " Mountain road," leading from East Wash- 
ington to Washington Center, a half mile east of the spot 
where his father settled; and nearly opposite the place 
where Joseph Cram once resided. About the year 1828, 
they removed to Boston, where he died, Aug. 8, 1858. 
His wife died in Newtonville, Mass., Sept. 8, 1878. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Nathaniel D., b. W., May 10, 1802 ; m. Mary Say- 
ward of Gloucester, Mass., June 5, 1827. At 'the age of 
about sixteen years, he went to Milton, Mass., and en- 
gaged in the fruit business, and after continuing in that 
work for a few years, he established himself in the milk 
business, in Boston. He pastured his cows, sometimes 
thirty in number, on land which is now a thickly settled 
part of Boston, and his stables were on what is now Castle 
St. He continued to pasture cows in Boston, until about 
1845, and was for some time afterward engaged in the 
milk and grocery trade in that city. He was also engaged 
in the express business, and created a sensation in Boston, 
by using ahorse for motive power, handcarts having been 
previously used. About the year 1862 he removed to 
Newtonville, Mass., where he now res. His wife d. Sept. 
30, 1874. Children : — 

1 Austin W., b. Boston, Mar. 26, 1828. 

2 Caroline A., b. " Sept. i, 1830. 

3 Angelia E., b. " Oct. 7, 1833. 

4 Edwin W., b. . "' Apr. 13, 1836. 

(2) Isaac D., b. W., Apr. 14, 1804; m. Snow, 

and res. in Boston. He had three sons. 

(3) Melatiah, b. W., Sept. 9, 1806; m. Jared Joy of 
Weymouth, Mass.; res. in Boston and Amherst, Mass., 
and in New York City and Brooklyn. N. Y. 

(4) Charles H., b. W., Apr. 12, 1808 ; m. Ray- 
mond, and res. in Brooklyn, N. Y., and Boston. He had 
five children. 



652 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(5) Otis T., b. W., Aug. 9, 1810; d. at the age of 
about twenty-one years. 

(6) John, 3d, b. W., June 4, 1812; m. Hannah Lath- 
rop of Easton, Mass ; res. in West Newton, Mass. He 
visited Europe in 1878, and died in Paris. He had eight 
children. 

(7) Hannah, b. W., Aug. 23, 18 14. 

(8) Son, b. W., Feb. 6, 1817; d. young. 

(9) Eliza T., b. W., Sept. 11, 1818; res. in Boston. 
(10) William T., b. W., May 14, 1821 ; m. Mary E. 

Lincoln, May 14, 185 i. He is a machinist and inventor, 
and res. at Newtonville, Mass. Children : — 

1 Leila A., b. Nov. 17, 1859. 

2 Nellie A., b. Dec. 20, 1863. 

(11) Augustus, b. W., July 14, 1823. 

(12) George W., b. W., Mar. 19, 1826; m. Mary A. 
Chase, and res. in Boston and vicinity. He sailed for 
Europe in 1870, and was lost at sea, by the wrecking of 
the steamer, near the coast of Ireland. He had three sons. 

(13) Ann M., b. W., May 9, 1828. 

II. 
Elizabeth, b. Roxbury, Mass., Jan. 20, 1780 ; d. in W., 
Mar. 26, 1 80 1. 

III. 

Sally, b. 1782 ; d. young. 

IV. 
Polly, b. W., 1784 ; d. young. 

V. 
Isaac D., b. W., May 16, 1785 ; d. in Milton, Mass., in 
1802. 

VI. 
William, b. W., Dec. 24, 1787 ; m. Sarah P. Withington, 
and secondly, Susanna Hersey. He never res. in W. after 
marriage; d. in N. Bridgewater, Mass., Sept. 18, 1850. 
Children : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 653 

(1st wife) 
(i) Mather W., b. 1817 ; d. 1849. 

(2) Sarah, b. 1822 ; d. 1823. 

(2ikI wife) 

(3) Alvin H., b. Sept. 27, 1827. 

(4) Emily J., b. Feb. 28, 1830. 

(5) Eliza A., b. Oct. 16, 1832. 

(6) Catharine P., b. Feb. 2, 1836. 

VII. 
Whiting, b. W., Feb. 24, 1789 (?) ; m. Mary Gooch, Nov. 
13, 1817; res. in Milton, Mass., and was engaged in can- 
ning fruit and the manufacture of jellies ; d. in Milton, 
May 13, 1853. His wife d. Oct. 22, 1864. 'Children: — 

(i) James W., b. Milton, Mass., Oct. 21, 1818; m. Al- 
mira Howe, Sept. 16, 1847. He is a manufacturer of 
pianos, being the founder, and head of the firm of Vose 
and Sons of Boston. 

(2) George, b. Milton, Mass., May 15, 1820, 

(3) Mary E., b. " Jan. 6, 1824. 

VIII. 
Nancy, b. W., Sept. 25, 1790? d. 1827. 

IX. 
Sally, b. W., June 25, 1792 ; d. 1824. 

X. 
Samuel D., b. W., Sept. 26, 1795. 

XI. 
Harvey, b. W., June 6, 1797 ; m. Sally Pierce, and sec- 
ondly, Mrs. French. 

XII. 
Catharine, b. W., Feb. 3, 1799. 

WALKER. 

The Walker family of Washington and Hillsborough 
derives its descent from " Widow Walker," so called, who 



1 



654 HISTORV OF WASHINGTON. 

was one of the first proprietors of Rehoboth, Mass. (now 
Seekonk. ) 

Her descendants, representing four generations, resid- 
ed in Rehoboth. Their names are Philip", Samuel^ Peter^ 
Aaron^. Aaron Walker was a minute man, during the 
Revolution, and died at Roxbury, Mass., during the siege 
of Boston. 

Samuel Walker^, son of Aaron Walker, was also a 
soldier during the Revolution, and afterward settled in 
Langdon, N. H. He was the father of five children. 

Alden Walker^, son of Samuel W^alker, was born at 
Langdon, Dec. i, 1793. He married Susan Grimes, dau. 
of John Grimes of Deering, and sister of the late Gov- 
ernor and U. S. Senator Grimes, of Iowa. She died Oct. 
31, 1846, and he was married to Elizabeth B. Fisk, dau. of 
Dea. John Fisk, Sept. 14, 1848. She died "J^me 6, 1850. 
His third marriage was to Mrs. Abigail (Stevens) McKean. 
His married life, previous to 1855, was spent in Hillsbor- 
ough, where he was engaged in trade, and in the manu- 
facture of cotton goods. In 1855 he removed to Grafton, 
Vt., where he died, Jan., 1858. He served in the army, 
during the war of 181 2. He had three children by his 
first wife, one of whom is a prosperous farmer in Iowa; 
another occupies a prominent position in the U. S. Navy ; 
and one daughter, who died unmarried. By his second 
wife he had two sons : — 

I. 

Charles E., b. Hillsborough, July 14, 1849. ^^ was 
adopted in infancy by Isaac N. Gage of Washington, where 
he resided until manhood. He went to the West in 1870, 
and remained six years in Iowa, engaged, a considerable 
portion of the time, in teaching and study, graduating, 
in the mean time, at the academy at Denmark, Iowa. In 
1876 he engaged as traveller for a business house in the 
East, which, with other similar employment, has occupied 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 655 

the most of his time since. He married Josie M., dau. of 
George W. Gage of Washington, Apr. 12, 1881. They 
resided in W. until 1885, when they removed to Medford, 
Mass., where they now reside. 

II. 

William E., b. Hillsborough, July 14, 1849. He was 
adopted in infancy by William T. Fisk, and spent some 
years of his youth in Washington. He was educated at 
Meriden, and at the Normal schools at Plymouth, N. H., 
and Bridgewater, Mass., and was for a time engaged in 
teaching. Since 1881, he has been engaged in work con- 
nected with the publication of directories. He' was mar- 
ried Jan. 20, 1882, to Jane M. Mansfield of Lynn, Mass. 
They reside in Lynn, Mass., and have one child : — 

(i) Marion G., b. Lynn, Mass., Dec. 3, 1883. 

WAY. 

George Way was born in Lempster, Apr. ir, 1795. He 
m. Sabrina Fuller, Dec. 28, 18 17, and res. in Lempster 
until 1844, when they removed to Washington, where 
they spent the remainder of their lives. He d. Dec. 30, 
1876. His wife d. July 6, 1870. Children : — 

I. 

Sarah, b. Lempster, Nov. 7, 1818 ; m. Emerson Booth, 
Feb. II, 1840. After her husband's death she married 
W'ard D. Safford of W., Jan. 27, 1850. She now res. in 
Washington. Her husband d. May 26, 1884. 

II. 

Caroline D., b. Lempster, Aug. 27, 1822; m. John Sa- 
bin, Dec. 2, 1844; res. in Milford. 

III. 

George H., b. Lempster, Jan. 14, 1826; in. Sarah J. 
Spofford ; went to the West ; res. unknown. 



656 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

IV. 

Henry S., b. Lempster,^ Apr. 14, 1830; m. Mary J. 
Eastman ; res. in Manchester. 

V. 

Gilbert, b. Lempster, March 29, 1833. 

VI. 
Celia M., b. Lempster, Sept. 4, 1838; m. Wm. W. 
Hall ; res. in W., where she died, June 26, 1869. 

WELLMAN". 

Abraham Wellman came from Wales to Lynn, Mass., 
in 1625. His grandson, Abraham Wellman, was born in 
Lynnfield, Mass., Nov. 25, 1673. 

Capt. Jacob Wellman, son of the last mentioned Abra- 
ham Wellman, was a resident of Lyndeborough, N. H. 
His son, Jacob Wellman, Jr., was also a resident of 
Lyndeborough. 

David Wellman, son of Jacob Wellman, Jr., and Han- 
nah, his wife, was born in Lyndeborough, Nov. 28, 1779. 
He married Sarah Faxon, a native of Braintree, Mass., 
Apr. 7, 1796. She was a sister of James, Azariah, and 
Francis Faxon, of Washington, and was born Feb. 10, 

1773- 

David Wellman settled in Washington before his mar- 
riage, and was a clerk in the store of Azariah Faxon, and 
was afterward his partner in business. He d. in 1837. 
His wife d. Dec. 29, 1831. Children : — 

I. 

Sarah, b. W., 1796; d. Jan. 10, 1799, aged two years. 

II. 

Olivia, b. W., Apr. 12, 1798 ; m. Samuel Clark of Fay- 
etteville, N. Y.; d. Apr. 23, 1849. She was the mother 
of eight children, some of whom reside in Newark, N. J. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 657 

III. 

Sarah, b. W., Feb. 25, 1800; d. Nov. 20, 1803. 

IV. 
Maria O., b. W., 1803 ; d. Nov. 17, 1803, aged 4 mos. 

V. 

Almira S., b. W., ' ; m. John Brown of Fayette- 

ville, N. Y. 

VI. 
Marietta E., b. W., Jan. 15, 1809; m. Capt. Isaac 
Winn of Hudson, May 27, 1832. He was a native of 
Hudson, born May 20, 1803 ; res. in Hudson, where she 
died, Sept. 24, 1854. Her husband died Sept. 3, 1854. 
They were the parents of eight children. 

vir. 

Catharine F., b. W., Feb. 25, 1811 ; married Nathaniel 
Blood of N. Chelmsford, Mass.; res. in N. Chelmsford, 
where she died. 

Nelson Wellman, son of Lot Wellman, was born in 
Attleborough, Mass., Dec. 3, 1822. He married Laura 
A. Francis, of Attleborough, Nov. 24, 1844. He is a 
machinist and has been employed in different parts of 
New England and New Jersey. He came to Washington 
from Paterson, N. J., in 1880, and is now engaged in 
farming. Children : — 

I. 
Melissa, b. Seekonk, Mass.; m. Edward W. Severance, 
Oct. 9, 1876 ; res. in W. 

II. 
Nancy W., b. Taunton, Mass.; m. James K. P. Friend, 
Apr. 23, 1867 ; now res. in W. 

III. 
Edmund C, b. Oakham, Mass.; d., aged 22 years. 

IV. 
Bela A., b. Pawtucket, R. I.; m. Alma C. Hadley, dau. 
of Mark M. Hadley, of Hillsborough, Apr. 6, 1886; res. 



658 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

in Allegheny City, Pa., where he is employed as a machin- 
ist. 

V. 
Geo. E., b. Dighton, Mass.; d, aged 3 years. 

VI. 
Charles F., b. Dighton, Mass.; m. Delia G., dau. of 
Silas Tandy of W., Apr. 21, 1885 ; res. in W., and is en- 
gaged in milling and mercantile business. 

VII. 
Emma A., b. Stoddard, N. H.; m. Davenport F. Proctor, 
June 27, 1881 ; res. in W. ■ 

WESTOK 

John Weston was born in Peterborough, Nov. 11, 1803. 
His father was Ephraim Weston, and his mother's maid- 
en name was Elizabeth Ney. His grandfather was Tim- 
othy Weston of Concord, Mass., whose wife's maiden 
name was Esther Sampson. 

John Weston, m. Sophronia, dau. of William Farwell 
June 13, 1832, and for several years res. at Cambridge- 
port, Mass. Between the years 1837 and 1840, they set- 
tled in Washington, which was afterward their home. 
He was a man of very superior mental endowments, and 
his ideas were broad and liberal. He was an earnest ad- 
vocate of all salutary reforms, and always endeavored to 
exemplify in his life and conduct the principles which he 
supported. He died June 4, 1873. His widow still res. 
in W. Children : — 

. I. 

John H., b. Cambridgeport, Mass., Apr. 16, 1833 ; was 
educated at Tubbs Union Academy, and was a young 
man of brilliant talents. He d. Oct. 22, 1856. 

II. 

Juliette F., b. Cambridgeport, Mass., Mar. 22, 1835; m. 
Ira Brockway of W., May 4, 1861 ; res. in W. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 659 

III. 

Charles G., b. Cambridgeport, Mass., Nov. 23, 1837; ^• 
Feb. 24, 1859. 

IV. 

Timothy D., b. Washington, May 28, 1840; d. Dec. 9, 
1859. 

WHEELER. 

Reuel F. Wheeler, son of Paren Wheeler, was born in 
Windsor, Apr. 6, 1820. He married Harriet B., dau. of 
Nathaniel Smith of Washington, Sept. 27, 1842, They 
settled in W., where they resided until 1856, when they 
removed to Bradford, and thence to Salem, N. H., in 1873, 
where they now reside. Children : — 

I. 

Frank F., b. W., Oct. 5, 1843 ; was in mercantile busi- 
ness some years, but is at present engaged in farming in 
Salem, N. H. He married Marietta Curtis of Boxford, 
Mass., June 8, 1875. Children: — 

(i) Maud H., b. Salem, N. H. July 4, 1877. 

(2) FredC, b. " " Jan. 20, 1880. 

(3) Harry F., b. " " Nov. 18, 1882. 

II. 
George R., b. W., Feb. 15, 1850 ; d. in 1854. 

III. 
Fred O., b. W., Feb., 1856; m. Medora E. Bailey, Jan. 
15, 1879; resided in Boston many years. Child : — 

(i) Ralph B., b. Boston, Apr. i, 1880. 

IV. 
Bertha H., b. Bradford, July 27, i860. 

Frederick Wheeler, son of Capt. Theodore Wheeler, 
was born in Acton, Mass., Mar. 12, 181 1. He married 
Lydia, dau.' of Israel Proctor, Sen., Mar. 25, 1832. About 



660 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

twelve years of their married life were spent in Wash- 
ington. He now resides in West Monroe, Oswego Co., 
New York, where his wife died. Mar. 14, 1886. Child- 
ren : — 

r. 

George G., b. Acton, Mass., Oct. 27, 1834; m. Sarah 
E. Farnsworth of W., Apr. 10, 1855. 

II. 
Theodore T., b. Roxbury, Vt, Feb. 15, 1836; m. Kate 
Smith, Oct., 1857. 

III. 
Lucy P., b. Washington, May 16, 1838; m. Clark S. 
Spaulding of W., Mar. 12, 1856; res. in W. 

IV. 
Nathan C, b. Hillsborough, Apr. 2, 1840; m. Victoria 
V. Abbey, in Aug., 1857. 

V. 
Mary B., b. Hillsborough, Jan. 16, 1845; m. Reuben 
H. Hallady, in Aug., 1865. 

VI. 
Lydia A., b. W., Mar. 11, 1849; d. at West Monroe, 
N. Y., Oct. 27, 1869. 

WHITE. 

Archibald White was born in Pepperel, Mass., and be- 
came a resident of New Ipswich, N. H., in 1750. The 
year of his settlement in New Ipswich, he married Mar- 
garet McClary of Lunenburg, Mass. He came to Wash- 
ington just before the Revolution, according to the History 
of New Ipswich. The town was then known as Camden, 
and it is supposed to have been largely due to his influence 
that the name of Washington was adojDted. He was au- 
thorized to call the first town meeting after the name was 
changed, and during his residence in town, frequently held 
office. After residing in town some years he removed to 
Windsor, Vt. Children : — 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 66l 

I. 

Mary, b. New Ipswich, 175 i. 

II. 

Archibald, Jr., b. New Ipswich, 1753; was at Bunker 
Hill, and later settled in Washington, where he married 
Martha Tabor, Apr. 29, 1779. Their children, born in 
W., were : — 

(i) Daniel, b. W., Mar. 13, 1780. 
(2) Isaac, b. W., Aug. 21, 1782. 

III. 

Daniel, b. New Ipswich, 1755 ; was a soldier at Bunker 
Hill. 

lY. 
John, b. New Ipswich, 1758. 

V. 
Samuel, b. New Ipswich, 1760. 

VI. 
Susanna, b. New Ipswich, 1762. 

Thomas V/hite was a resident of Washington at an 
early date, probably not many years after its settlement. 
He appears to have res. in the Mountain district, north- 
west of Capt. Moses Dinsmore's. He married in Wash- 
ington, and after remaining in town some years, went to 
Hartland, Vt. He died at Mount Holly, Vt. Children :— 

I. 

Nancy, b. m. Burke ; d. Hartland, Vt. 

II. 
Ephraim, b. ; d. Salt Lake City, Utah. 

III. 

John, b. ; d. in Rushford, N. Y. 

IV. 
Hannah, b. ; m. Willard. 



662 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

V. 

Mehitable, b. ; m. Elijah Davenport; d. in Mt. 

Holly, Vt. 

VI. 

Asa, b. Washington, July lo, 1782 ; m. Lydia Button of 
Cavendish, Vt., Jan. 10, 1804; res. in Mt. Holly, Vt, un- 
til 1 8 10, when they settled in Ludlow, in the same state, 
where he d., Mar. 28, 1853. Children : — 



(I 
(2 
(3 

(4 
(5 

{6: 

(7 

(8 

(9, 

(10: 



Lucy, b. Mt. Holly, Vt., Apr. 30, 1805. 
Maria, b. " " Mar. 6, 1807. 

Lydia, b. " " July 7, 1809. 

Alvin, b. Ludlow, Vt., Sept. 4, 181 1. 
Wm. H. H., b. Ludlow, Vt., Mar. 18, 18 14. 
Asa, Jr., b. " " Aug. 31, 18 16. 

Louisa A., b. " " Apr. 11, 1818. 

Salina, b. " " Mar. 12, 1821. 

Olive L., b. " " Nov. 9, 1823. 

Harriet E., b. " " July 6, 1827. 



John White, and his brother Jonas, lived a short time 
in Washington, in the Mountain district, on the farm pre- 
viously owned by Ezra Millen, some distance north of the 
house of Capt. Moses Dinsmore. 

John White was born in Nelson, Oct. 24, 1782. He 
married Esther Wheeler, Dec. 5, 1807, and removed from 
Nelson, to W., in 1832. A few years later he removed to 
Claremont, where he died, Sept. 26, 1856. His wife d. 
May 29, 1866. Children: — 

I. 

Abial, b. Apr. 30, 1809. 

II. 

Jesse, b. May 25, 1810; d. young. 

III. 

Almira, b. Nov. 24, 1812. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 663 

IV. 

Relief, b. Sept. 21, 18 14; m. Lemuel Dole, May 23, 
1837 ; has res. in Claremont many years. 

V. 

Lyman, b. July 23, 18 18. 

VI. 
Lura, b. Aug. 6, 1820. 

VII. 

Jonas, b. Nov. 11, 1822. 

Jonas White, brother of John White, was born in Nel- 
son, May, 1802. He married Margaret Clark, in Oct., 
1824, and settled in Brandon, Vt., where they resided 
until 1834, when they removed to Washington, where they 
resided several years. He died in Antrim, Apr. 6, 1878. 
His widow still res. in Antrim. Children : — 

I. 

John W., b. Brandon, Vt., Nov. 25, 1826; m. Laura A. 
Foss, Jan. 7, 1850. His second marriage was to Emily 
A. Sargent, Sept. 11, 185 1 ; res. in Concord. 

II. 
Harvey, b. Brandon, Vt, Apr. 18, 1828 ; m. Caroline E. 
Sargent ; res. in Lawrence, Mass., and later in Ohio ; d. 
in the Army, during the Rebellion, in 1863. 

III. 
Eliza J., b. Brandon, Vt, July 8, 1832; m. Rev. Wm. 
W. Lovejoy of Antrim, July 31, 1855 ; m. for her second 
husband, Charles J. Wright, in 1868; res. in Michigan. 

IV. 
Maria, b. Washington, Aug. 28, 1834; m. Prentiss W. 
Clark of Antrim, Jan. i, 1850; res. in Antrim. 

V. 

Chauncey, b. W., June 30, 1837 ; m. Melissa L. Carlton 
of Hancock, in 1870 ; res. in Antrim. 



664 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

VI. 

Francis, b. W., Oct. i8, 1839; m. Emily Smith of An- 
trim, in 1865 ; res. in Boston. 

Broughton White, son of Joseph and Keziah (Britton) 
White, was born in Westmoreland, N. H., Mar. 18, 1773. 
He prepared for college at Chesterfield Academy ; entered 
Dartmouth College in 1793, and graduated in 1797. After 
graduating he was for two years, principal of Chesterfield 
Academy, and in 1799 returned to Westmoreland, his na- 
tive town, where he resided some years. In 18 10 he began 
a course of theological study, and was engaged in minis- 
terial labor in Gilsum, Winchester and other places. He 
came to Washington to preach in 18 18, and was ordained 
pastor of the Congregational Church, Dec. 25, of that year. 
The following February, his family removed to W., which 
was their home until 1831. He removed from W., to 
Westmoreland, and preached in Dempster, and in Rock- 
ingham and Dover, Vt., several years. After retiring from 
the ministry he resided, for a time, in Putney, Vt, but his 
last days were spent in Ac worth, with his daughter. He 
was an able preacher and good citizen. He married Ruth 
Sabin of Putney, Vt, Nov. 30, 1798, by whom he had seven 
children. He died in Acworth, Mar. 14, 1861. His wife 
died in Putney, Vt, Oct 15, 1853. Children: — 

I. 

Joseph W., b. Oct. 18, 1799; m. Detitia, dau. of Abra- 
ham B. Story of W., Aug. 29, 1826. He had two child- 
ren, a son who grew up to manhood, and a dau. who died 
in infancy. 

II. 

Harriet A., b. Mar. 26, 1802 ; m. Rev. Amos Foster of 
Canaan, June 29, 1825 ; d. in Putney, Vt., Oct. 18, 1882. 

III. 

Hannah S., b. Feb. 23, 1804; m. Wm. B. Tilton, of 
Canaan, May, 1833 ; now res. in Springfield, Vt 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 665 

IV. 

Jane C, b. Mar. 15, 1806; m. Holland L. Knight of 
Boston; d. in Putney, Vt., Feb. i, 1852. 

V. 
Mary A., b. Aug. 24, 1808 ; m. Oliver Johnson of Bos- 
ton, about 1833 ; d. in New York City, about 1874. 

VI. 
Fanny B., b. Sept. 21, 1810; m. George Butterfield of 
Wilmington, Vt, in 1838 ; d. in Iowa. 

VII. 
Lucy S., b. Aug. 2, 1813 ; m. Chas. Butterfield of West- 
moreland, in May, 1836; d. in Jan., 1858. 

WHITING. 

Nathaniel Whiting was born in Dedham, Mass., Nov. 7, 
1779. Hs married Nancy, dau. of Josiah Richards, for- 
merly of Washington, Apr. i, 1804. They settled in 
Dedham, where they resided until 181 1, when they came 
to Washington. They res. two miles south-west of the 
center of the town, on a farm which was afterward owned 
by Joseph Snow. In 18 18 he removed to Amherst, where 
the remainder of his life was spent. He died Oct. 30, 
1843. His wife died Apr. 14, 1858. Children: — 

I. 

Clarissa, b. Dedham, Mass., Apr. 28, 1806; m. Asa 
Clark of Sherborn, Mass., Oct. 9, 1828; d. Jan. 11, 1873. 

II. 

Benj. B., b. W., Oct. i, 1813 ; m. Lucy J. Noyes, Jan. 
26, 1843. She d. Feb. 25, 1855, and he m. Minday S. 
Peaslee, dau. of John Peaslee of Bradford, Aug. 24, 1855 ; 
res. in Amherst ; d. Nov. 28, 1885. Children : — 

(i) Martha E., b. Amherst, June 27, 1847; m. John 
W. Story, June, 1878 ; res. in Charlestown, Mass. 



666 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(2) Benj. F., b. Amherst, Apr. 13, 1849; d. Oct. 11, 
1851. 

(3) Mary S., b. Amherst, Oct. 10, 1852. 

(4) Benj. F., b. " , 1856; m. Bessie P. 

Fuller of Merrimack, Apr. 2, 1881 ; res. in Amherst. 

(5) Hannah J., b. Amherst, Apr. 13, 1859; ni. Joseph 
H. Drucker, Mar. 13, 1879 ! ^^s. in Amherst. 

(6) Helen P., b. Amherst, May 10, 1864. 

(7) John, b. " Oct. 17, 1868. 

(8) Anna C, b. " May 26, 1870. 

(9) Harry, b. " Sept. 4, 1872. 
(10) Florence B., b. Amherst, Aug. 4, 1876. 

III. 
Nancy, b. W., Oct. 4, 1815 ; m. Jeremiah Hawes of 
Sherburn, Mass.; res. in Sherburn. 

IV. 

Alfred, b. W., Sept. 18, 18 17; m. Mary S. Harris, Oct. 
21, 1841 ; res. in Oak Dale, Mass. 

V. 

John F., b. Amherst, Mar. 19, 1822; m. Eliza J. Wiley 
of Wakefield, Mass., May 18, 1848. His second wife was 
Hfelen M. Putnam, whom he married Nov. 28, 1861. He 
was a third time married to Lovilla M. Boutelle of Mel- 
rose, Mass., Jan. 19, 1871. He resides in Wakefield, 
Mass. 

WILEY. 

Charles H. Wiley, son of George W^iley, was born in 
Amherst, in 1818. He m. Mary E. Mansur, a native of 
Methuen, Mass., Aug. 23, 185 1. They resided in Hills- 
borough until 1865, when they removed to Washington. 
He d. in W., Apr. i, 1875. Children : — 

I. 

Susan M., b. Hillsborough, July 12, 1852, 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 667 

II. 

Mary F., b. Hillsborough, June 4, 1854; m. John 
Chamberlain, Sept. 29, 1882 ; res. in W. 

III. 

Oscar H., b. Hillsborough, Dec. 28, 1859; m. Nellie ]., 
dau. of George W. Gage of W., Apr. 12, 1881 ; res. in W. 

Edward J. Wiley was born in Francestown, Mar. 8, 
1810; is a painter by trade, and at one time res. in Nor- 
wich, Conn. He came to Washington from Hillsborough, 
in 1879, ^^^ is still a resident of the town. He m. Mary, 
dau. of Dea. Jona. Barnard of Weare, in 1831. She died 
in 1864. His second wife was Ellen B. Miller, of Man- 
chester, whom he married in 1866. She died in 1876. 
He served four years in the war of the Rebellion. He 
has one child by his first wife : — 

I. 

Louisa, b. Norwich, Conn.; res. in Amherst. 



WILKINS. 

Judson Wilkins was born in Peterborough, Mar. 4, 
1809. His father was Abraham Wilkins, a native of 
Middleton, Mass. He married Sarah Farwell, dau. of 
Levi Farwell of W., Oct. 7, 1834. They res. in Peter- 
borough and Milford until 1852, when they settled in W. 
His wife d. in W., July 19, 1880, and he was m. to Sarah 
E. Button of Hudson, Nov. 30, 1882. He still res. in 
W., and occupies the place, which for many years was the 
home of his first wife!s father. He is held in high es- 
teem by his townsmen. During the Rebellion, he served 
in the i6th N. H, reg't. Children: — 

I. 

Henry H., b. Peterborough, July 12, 1840; d. in W., 
Jan. 26, 1853. 



668 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

II. 

Hamilton, b. Peterborough, July i6, 1844; was a sol- 
dier in the 8th N. H., reg't, ; d. at Carrollton, La., 

Dec. 15, 1862. 

WILLARD. 

Henry Willard became a resident of Washington near 
the commencement of the present century. He was a 
storekeeper, and appears to have been, for a time, a mem- 
ber of the firm of Dorr and Willard. He res. at the vil- 
lage at the center of the town, near the spot where the 
house of Elizabeth Perkins now stands. He d. in Feb., 
181 5, and his death was followed by that of his wife, the 
same month. The children of Henry and Lovely Wil- 
lard were : — 

I. 
Mary A., b. W., May 12, 1805. 

II. 
Catharine, b. W., Jan. i, 1807. 

III. 
Joseph H., b. W., Sept. 27, 1808. 

iV. 
Elisha W., b. W., May 22, 18 10. 

V. 
Martha, b. W., Sept. 17, 181 2. 

WILSON". 

Asaph Wilson was born in Stoddard, Dec. 3, 1800. 
He was the son of James and Lydia (Cobb) Wilson, the 
former a native of Stoddard, the latter of Dublin, N. H. 
At the age of twenty years he came to Washington to re- 
side, and drove the stage from Francestown to Newport. 
He m. Rebecca Taylor of Greenfield, Oct. 22, 1829, and 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 669 

removed to New Ipswich, where they res. three years. 
He then returned to Washington, where, in company 
with John May, he kept a hotel several years. After dis- 
posing of his interest in the hotel, he purchased the farm 
which is now the home of J. Henry Newman, where he res. 
until about the year 1869, when he removed to Nashua, 
which was afterward his home. He d. Feb. 18, 1882. 
His wife d. Aug. 15, 1871. Both are buried in Washing- 
ton. He was a prominent citizen, and while res. in W., 
represented the town in the legislature. Children : — 

1. 

Clara H., b. New Ipswich, Aug. 29, 1830; m. J. Henry 
Newman of W., June 21, 1849; d. in W., Jan. 27, 1861. 

II. 
Betsey C, b. W., Dec. 4, 1832; d. Apr. 12, 1834. 

III. 
Mary J., b. W., Sept. 3, 1833 ; m. Oilman L. Beckwith ; 
d. Jan. I, 1857. 

IV. 
Clark B., b. W., Mar. 18, 1836. 

V. 
Mark G., b. W., Mar. 31, 1838 ; m. Frances A. Reed, 
Nov. 19, 1859; is a clerk, and res. in Nashua. He was a 
lieutenant in the army, during the Rebellion. Child : — 

(i) Mark B., b. Nashua, Dec. 12, 1869. 

VI. 
Lucius H., b. W., Oct. 27, 1843 ; d. Nov. 25, 1869. 

WOOD. 

Jeremiah Wood married Dorothy Benett in Lyme, Conn., 
Mar. 29, 1709. They resided in Stowe, Mass., and after- 
ward in Littleton, in the same state, where he died, July 
15, 1730, aged 52 yrs. 2 mos. 8 days. 



6/0 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

John Wood, son of Jeremiah and Dorothy Wood, was 
born in Littleton, Mass., Feb. 3, 1719. He married 
Lydia, dau. of Ebenezer Davis of Harvard, Mass., Oct. 19, 
1743, and resided in Littleton, Mass., where he died, Apr. 
8, 1758. 

Ebenezer Wood, son of John and Lydia (Davis) Wood, 
was born in Littleton, Mass., Jan. 20, 1754. He married 
Phebe Brooks, Apr. 17, 1776, and settled in Washington, 
in 1780 or 1 78 1. He resided in the mountain district, 
on the farm now owned by Anson S. Powers, and was the 
original settler on that place. Previous to his settlement 
in Washington he was a soldier in the Revolution, with 
the rank of lieutenant. He was a cooper by trade, and 
worked at that business after coming to Washington. He 
died Dec. 28, 1840. His wife died Jan. 2, 1844. Child- 
ren : — 

I. 

Lydia, b. Littleton, Mass., May 9, 1777; m. Luther 
Whitney of Henniker, June 26, 1806; d. Feb. i, 1861. 

II. 

Ebenezer, Jr., b. Littleton, Mass., Sept. 25, 1778; re- 
moved to Washington with his parents when a small child, 
and spent the remainder of his life there. He married 
Lydia, dau. of Ephriam Davis of W., and resided in the 
Mountain district, on the farm, near the road to East 
Washington, which is now owned by Alfred A. Tandy. 
He was a man of great respectability, and occupied a prom- 
inent place among his townsmen. He died Dec. 21, 1856. 
His wife died Sept. 10, 1857, Children : — 

(i) Daniel, b. W., Oct. 4, 1805; m. Pamelia Chapman 
of Noblesborough, Me., Sept. 20, 1832; res. principally in 
Lowell, Mass., where he d., Dec. 17, 1862. His wife d. 
in Charlestown, Mass., Aug. i, 1870. Children: — 

I Pamelia, b. Jan. 9, 1834; m. Wm. Harriman, Mar. 
24, 1862; d. Oct. 28, 1869. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 67I 

2 Daniel, Jr., b. Feb. 20, 1836; d. Oct. 7, 1836. 

3 Daniel, b. May 14, 1837; d. Dec. 29, 1840. 

4 Elias, b. June 8, 1838; d. Aug. 6, 1838. 

5 Elizabeth, b. July 15, 1840; d. Aug. 13, 1840. 

6 John E., b. Apr. 16, 1842; d. Jan. 23, 1844. 

7 Royal, b. Nov. 21, 1843 ; m. Eliza H. Hitchcock, 
Dec. 25, 1863. 

8 Luella P., b. Jan. 14, 1848; m. Alonzo W. Hoit, 
Oct. 7, 1863. 

(2) Elsina b. W., Aug. 27, 1808 ; always made W. her 
home, but was employed thirty years in the mills of Lowell, 
Mass., and Peterborough; d. in W., Oct. 18, 1885. 

(3) Ebenezer, b. W., Dec. 9, 1810; carried on business 
in Boston some years, but finally went West, and res. first 
in Monmouth, III, then in Guttenberg, Iowa, and now res. 
in Glen Haven, Wis., where he is engaged in farming. 
He married Esther Lawrence of Guttenberg, Iowa, Oct. 
31, 1852. Shed. May i, 1883. Children:— 

1 Horace W., b. Aug. 18, 1853. 

2 Ebenezer L., b. Sept. 21, 1855; d. May 20, 1863. 

3 Elsina P., b. Feb. 9, 1858. 

4 Emory T., b. March 8, 1861. 

5 Davis R., b. June 28, 1864; d. June 25, 1866. 

6 Willis I., b. Nov. 16, 1866. 

7 Warren D., b. Nov. 17, 1871. 

(4) Lydia, b. W., Apr. 5, 1813; d. in W., Nov. 13, 

1857. 

(5) Phebe, b. W., May 2, 1816; m. Charles Scott of 
Newton Upper Falls, Mass., Nov. 5, 1837 ; d. Dec. 28, 
i860. 

(6) Horace, b. W., Jan. 10, 1820; drowned at Nashua, 
June 16, 1842. 

(7) John, b. W., June 23, 1826 ; m. Julia, dau. of Dea. 
Joseph Crane of W., Jan. 4, 1853 ; worked at the mason's 
trade some years, but for many years has been engaged 



6/2 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

in farming. Most of his life has been spent in his na- 
tive town, where he still resides. Children : — 

1 Julia M., b. W., Sept. 22, 1856. 

2 Phebe E., b. W., Jan. 25, 1862. 

3 Emily J., b. W., Feb. 8, 1864. 

4 John W., b. W., July 29, 1869. 

5 Lydia A., b. W., Dec. 14, 1871. 

III. 
Jonas D., b. Sept. 13, 1780; res. in W., where he died, 
Oct. I, 1867. 

IV. 
Asa, b. W., July 18, 1782 ; m. Mary Ware of Hancock, 
June, 1807 ; res. in W., at one time in the Mountain dis- 
trict, on a farm near the Capt. Dinsmore place, known as 
the "Henry Lowell place." He d. in W., Dec. 14, 1849. 
His wife d. in W., Dec. 11, 1841, Children : — 

(i) Asa, Jr., b. W., June 28, 1808; left Washington 
in 1830, and since 1856 has res. in Stillwater, N. Y. He 
m. Anna Cutting of Medford, Mass., in 1855. She d. in 
1864, and he was married to Sarah A. Denton in 1865. 
Children : — 

1 Frank H., b. Stillwater, N. Y., 1856. 

2 George H., b. Stillwater, N. Y., 1858. 

3 Lucy B., b. Troy, N. Y., 1861. 

(2) Elvira, b. W., May 14, 1810; d. Jan. 22, 1853. 

(3) William, b. W., Feb. 11, 1812 ; d. March 17, 1870. 

(4) Sarah, b. W., Apr. 12, 181 5; m. Ahial Tandy, 
Nov. 24, 1835 ; res. in Dempster. 

(5) Nathaniel, b. W., May 5, 1818 ; m. Mrs. Jane 
Beard, Jan. 30, 1848; res. in Hillsborough and is en- 
gaged in farming. 

(6) Sylvester, b. W., March 12, 1821 ; m. Maria 
Smith of Stoddard. After her death he married Clara A. 
Knapp. He res. in Stoddard until i860, when he re- 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 6/3 

moved to W., where he resided until 1883, when he went 
to Hillsborough, where he still resides, engaged in the 
practice of medicine. During the Rebellion he served 
for a time, in the army. Children : — • 

(1st wife) 

1 Carlos P., b. Stoddard, Oct. 7, 1846 ; killed in the 
second battle of Bull Run, Sept. 10, 1862. 

2 George A., b. Stoddard, Sept. 11, 1848. 

3 Edwin D., b. " Mar. 25, 185 1 ; d. young. 

4 Edwin S., b. " Feb. 11, 1853; res. in Bos- 
ton. 

5 Effie M., b. Stoddard, Mar. 6, 1855; m. Frank D. 
Laton, Dec. 29, 1881 ; res. in Nashua. 

6 Helen A., b. Stoddard, Jan. 16, 1859. 

(2nd wife) 

7 Alice M., b. W., Oct. 22, 1874. 

8 George A., b. W., Oct. 22, 1874. 

(7) Mariett, b. W., Aug. 2, 1824; d. Mar. i, 1859. 

(8) T. Dexter, b. W., Oct. 6, 1827; m. Louisa Nor- 
wood, of Lynnfield, Mass., May 5, 1855 ; res. in Medford, 
Mass. His wife d. Dec. 11, 1875, ^"d the last years of 
his life were spent in Washington and Hillsborough. He 
d. in Hillsborough, Sept. 13, 1885. During the Rebellion 
he served nine months in the army. His only child 
was : — 

I Herbert D., b. Medford, Mass., Apr. 2, 1858; d. 
July 8, 1877. 

V. 
Martha, b. W., Apr. 17, 1784; d. Apr. 12, 1796. 

VI. 
Phebe, b. W., May 4, 1787; m. Daniel Jaquith of W., 
Sept. 15, 1818; d. Oct. 17, 1862. 

VII. 
Sophia, b. W., Dec. 27, 1788 ; m. Mason W. Putnam of 
Boston, Aug. 7, 1833; d. in W., Oct. 29, 1879. 



6/4 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

VIII. 

Lois B., b. W., Feb. 17, 1791 ; d. Mar. 20, 1834. 

IX. 
Betsey, b. W., Feb. 17, 1793; m. Benajah Sabin, of 
Lempster, and res. for a time in W., d. June 16, 1876. 

X. 

Mary, b. W., Mar. 6, 1796; m. Dea. Joseph Crane of 
W., Oct. 18, 1840; d. in W., Sept. 4, 1866. 

XI. 

Timothy, b. W., Mar. 18, 1798; m. Lucy, dau. of Capt. 
Dexter Sweet of W., Nov. 22, 1825 ; res. in W., for some 
years, on the farm where he was born ; d. June 2, 1871. 

WOODS. 

William L. Woods, son of Ezra Woods, was born in 
Hillsborough, Mar. 15, 1806. His father had previously 
resided in Deering, and removed from that town to Hills- 
borough, about the year 1802. He married Adaline B., 
dau. of Charles Jones, of W., Nov. 25, 1829, and began 
married life in Unity. They removed to Hillsborough 
the next year, and some years afterward settled in Wash- 
ington, where he was engaged in blacksmithing, at the 
east part of the town. During his residence in W., he 
built the house, now the home of John Mcllvaine. For 
many years he has resided in the West, Monticello, Minn., 
being his present place of residence. His wife died July 
25, 1880. Children: — 

I. 

Charlotte M., b. Hillsborough, Dec. 29, 1830; m. George 
W. Carr, Aug. 19, 185 1 ; res. in W. 

II. 

George G., b. Hillsborough, May 29, 1839; has res. 
many years in the West and South. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 6/5 

III. 

Angelia A., b. Henniker, Sept. 9, 1842; m. Charles 
Janney, Dec. 13, 1858; now res. at Monticello, Minn. 

IV. 

Ella E., b. Washington, Dec. 10, 1848; m. Clinton 
Woods, Apr. 5, 1869; res. in Toledo, 111. 

V. 

Iram F., b. W., Feb. 28, 1851 ; is a machinist, and res. 
in Minneapolis, Minn. Many years of his early life were 
spent in Washington. 

WOODWARD. 

Richard Woodward', and his wife. Rose, with their sons, 
George and John, came to America, in 1634, from Ipswich, 
England, having embarked at that place Apr. 10, of that 
year. 

Richard Woodward was one of the first proprietors of 
Watertown, Mass., where he settled. He owned a mill in 
Boston, at a very early date. 

George^ son of Richard Woodward, had eight children 
by his first wife. After her death he married Elizabeth 
Hammond, dau. of Thomas Hammond of Newton, Mass.,, 
by whom he had one son. 

George^, born Sept. 11, 1660. He (George^) married 
Lydia Brown, Dec. 31, 1686, and after the birth of their 
son, Abraham, removed to Brookline, Mass., (then called 
Muddy River). He died in 1696. 

Abraham-*, son of George and Lydia Woodward, was 
born in Watertown, Mass. He was twice married, his 
second wife being Mrs. Sarah Pierpont of Roxbury, Mass., 
by whom he had two sons, Caleb and Joshua. 

Calebs, son of Abraham and Sarah Woodward, was born 
July 25, 1729. He married Hannah Cheever of Roxbury, 
Mass., by whom he had six children. He d. in Nov., 1772. 



6-J^ HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Caleb^ youngest child of Caleb and Hannah (Cheever) 
Woodward, was born Sept. 9, 1762. He married Sally 
Foster, and settled in Bellingham, Mass. After residing 
in Bellingham a year or two he removed to Washington, 
and took possession of land at the south part of the town, 
which was deeded to him in 1787. His wife died after 
his removal to Washington, and he was again married to 
Mrs. Eunice (Rice) McColley of Hillsborough. He did 
not reside long at the South district, but soon removed to 
East Washington, and settled on the farm where Dea. 
Francis P. Fletcher now resides. The farm, which was 
then much larger than at present, was subsequently di- 
vided, and the house erected which was always the home 
of his son, Thomas P., and at present the home of his 
grandson, George E. Woodward. There he died, June 12, 
1854. His ^wife died Jan. 14, 1856. Children: — 

I. 

Benjamin, b. (probably in Bellingham, Mass.,) in 1785 
or 1786; res. in Washington; m. Jane Weeks of Exeter, 
by whom he had five children ; was in the U. S. Navy, for 
a time, and was stationed at Portsmouth, N. H., and 
Charlestown, Mass. He disappeared from his family and 
friends in 1823, and it is supposed that he was drowned. 
His widow m. Joel Severance of W., and died in Washing- 
ton, Feb. 28, 1871. Children: — 

(i) Eleanor D.; m. Edmund P. Dodge ; d. in New- 
bury, in 1868. 

(2) John, belonged to U. S. Navy, and is supposed to 
have been drowned at sea, in 1840. 

(3) Infant, b. ; d. in infancy. * 

(4) Edward G., b. Kittery, Me., July 14, 1819; m. 
Mary Smart of Exeter, July 23, 1848 ; is a tailor and has 
always resided in W. His wife d. in 1884. 

(5) Sarah A., b. 1821 ; d. Mar. 16, 1837, aged 16 years 
and I month. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 6/7 

TI. 

Nancy, b. W., Apr. ii, 1788; m. Asa Spaulding and 
res. in Lempster, where she d., July 30, 1830. 

III. 

Caleb, Jr., b. W., Dec. 24, 1789; m. Betsey Woodward, 
and resided in Maine. After the death of his wife, he 
married Hannah Carey of Buckfield, Me. He d. in He- 
bron, Me., at an advanced age. Children : — 

(1st wife) 

(i) Eliza, b. June 11, 18 16; m. John A. Warren, and 
res. in Maiden, Mass. 

(2) Henry, b. ; m. Mary Frost of Oxford, Me., 

by whom he had three children ; d. about 1879. 

(2nd wife) 

(3) Wm. Elliott, b. Oxford, Me., Nov. 29, 1825; m. 
Clarissa E. Roys of Norfolk, Conn., June 26, 1848. He 
has res. many years at Boston Highlands (Roxbury), and 
has been largely interested in real estate. He has also 
been engaged in the drug trade, and is a very extensive 
dealer in rare coins, medals, and relics. Children : — 

1 Harlan E., b. ; m. Susie E. Howard ; res. in 

Boston. 

2 Clarence E., b. ; m. Etta Ames of Chelsea, 

Mass , Dec. 15, 1881. 

3 Daughter, d. in infancy. 

(4) Caleb L., b. Aug. 20, 1829; j ^ ^^^ ^g _ 

(5) Mary E., b. Feb. 8, 1831 ; i 

(6) Charles L., b. Oxford, Me.; m. Margaret Clark; 
res. in New York City, and is a dealer in rare American 
books. His collection is probably second to no other in 
the country. He has five children. 

IV. 

John, b. W., Mar. 8, 1792 ; m. Almira Graves, dau. of 
Dea. Wm. Graves of W.; res. in W., where he was en- 



678 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

gaged in farming. His wife d. in W., June 21, 1840. His 
death occurred in Wilmot, Feb. 22, 1843. Children: — 

(i) Mary W., b. W., Oct. 30, 1814; d. May 12, 1836. 

(2) Caroline, b. W., Oct. 30, 1816; d. Apr. 28, 1843. 

(3) Almira G., b. W., Dec. 9, 1818; d. Sept. 19, 1833. 

(4) Louisa L., b. W., Apr. 9, 1821 ; d. Apr. 19, 1838. 

(5) John, Jr., b. W., Aug. 17, 1823; m. S. Elizabeth 
Bunker, and res. in Wilmot. Children : — 

1 George E., b. Oct. 9, 1847. 

2 Clark B., b. Feb. 25, 1849. 

3 John F., b. June 27, 1850. 

4 Charles H., b. June 30, 1852. 

5 Fred P., b. May 16, 1856. 

6 Arthur B., b. Mar. i, 1858. 

7 Sarah B., b. Feb. 10, i860. 

8 Hattie P., b. July 15, 1861. 

9 Ellen M., b. Feb. 24, 1863. 
ID Sherman, b. Feb. 3, 1865. 

11 Sumner, b. Aug. 11, 1866, 

12 Mary E., b. Oct. 10, 1868. 

(6) George E., b. W., May 25, 1826; m. Maria Mat- 
thews, Sept. 14, 1852; res. in Wilmot, and is engaged in 
trade. Children : — 

1 Howard F., b. Wilmot, Aug. 6, 1853, 

2 Byron M., b. " July 24, 1855. 

3 Carrie A., b. " Feb. 27, 1858. 

4 George H., b. " Feb. 19, i860. 

5 Bert E., b. " May 19, 1863. 

6 Hattie M., b. " May 2, 1866. 

7 Byron M., b. " Mar. i, 1869. 

(7) Clark D., b. W., Sept. 5, 1828 ; d. Oct. 13, 1838. 

(8) Nancy I., b. W., May 30, 1830; d. Sept., 1853. 

(9) Ruth M. J., b. W., Feb. 20, 1835; m. Bradford 
Whittemore, June 25, 1856. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 679 

V. 

Sarah, b. W., May 1 6, 1795; m. Charles Lowell, and 
res. in W.; d. Sept, 16, 1866. 

VI. 

Olive, b. W., Aug. 31, 1798; d. Feb. 3, 18 10. 

VII. 

Elliot, b, W., Nov. 26, 1 801 ; m. Rebecca, dau. of Abi- 
jah Monroe of W., and res. in Washington, and in Hebron, 
Me.; d. in W., Jan. 18, 1833. Children : — 

(i) Olive, b. W., Nov. 8, 1823; d. in Hebron, Me., 
Aug. 21, 1826. 

(2) Nancy, b. Charlestown, N. H., Sept. 14, 1825 {?); 
d. in Hebron, Me., Aug. 26, 1830. 

(3) Wm. E., b. Hebron, Me., Aug. 23, 1827; res. in 
Everett, Mass. 

(4) Caleb, b. W., Nov., 1829; d. Mar. 13, 1832. 

(5) Sylvanus, b. W., Jan. 26, 1832; d. July 23, 1832. 

(2iid wife) 
VIII. 

Thomas P., b. W., Jan. i, 1822; always resided on the 
farm where he was born, and was an industrious and kind- 
hearted citizen. He m. Olive W. Woods, Jan. 31, 1850. 
He died Aug. 14, 1883. His widow still res. in W. 
Children :-s- 

(i) George E., b. W., Mar. 16, 1851 ; m. Alma E. Sea- 
vey, Sept. 10, 1876; res. in W. Children: — 

1 Eugene H., b. W., July 25, 1877. 

2 Ethel M., b. W., July 11, 1881. 

3 Ernest L., b. W., Apr. 28, 1883. 

(2) Henry E., b. W., Aug. 18, 1853 ; d. May 17, 1864. 

(3) An adopted daughter, Anna A. Seavey, b. in Man- 
chester, Mar. 27, 1859; ^- Albert H. Lewis, Mar. 27, 
1884; res. in Pepperell, Mass. 



68o HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Walter S. Woodward (see Clogston) was born in Wash- 
ington, Dec. 15, 1854. He married Belle Morse of New- 
port, Oct. 16, 1879, and has resided in Newport since 
marriage. He is the agent of the Boston and Lowell rail- 
road in that town, and is a man highly respected, and 
trusted by those who know him. Child : — 

I. 

Edward, b. Newport, Sept. 25, 1880. 

WRIGHT. 

Jacob Wright was born at Westford, Mass., in 1758. 
He entered the American army soon after the breaking 
out of the Revolution, and before he was seventeen years 
of age, as a substitute for his employer, and remained in 
the service a year. Soon after his discharge he reenlisted, 
and remained in the service five years. He participated 
in the battle of Bennington, and was one of the guard 
which escorted Burgoyne, a prisoner of war, from that 
place to Cambridge. He removed to Hancock, N. H., 
about the year 1782, and the next year removed to Wash- 
ington, and settled on a tract of land at the south-west 
part of the town, which he purchased of Charles Barrett 
of New Ipswich, and which was then an unbroken forest. 
He at once set about clearing his land, and erected a 
rough house in which to live. Difficulties and troubles at 
times beset his way, one of the severest of which was the 
destruction of his house by fire, some two years after its 
erection. He was married, March 10, 1785, to Patty Reed 
of Marlborough, Mass. His wife died Apr. 22, 1800, and 
he married Mrs. Elizabeth (Howard) Davis of Fitzwilliam, 
in Nov., 1830. He was much interested in the state 
militia, and was, at one time, Colonel of the twenty-eighth 
New Hampshire reg't. He died July 10, 1844. His wife 
died Mar. 2, 1848. Children:— 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 68 1 

I. 

Nathan, b. W., Feb. i8, 1786; m. Betsey, dau. of Simon 
Lowell of W., June 10, 1806; began married life as a 
farmer, but about the year 18 17, turned his attention to 
the study of medicine, and practiced many years in his 
native town, residing a part of the time on the Penniman 
farm, on the Lempster road. He also resided in Walpole 
and Langdon, a short time. In 1835 he removed to Cam- 
bridgeport, Mass., where he continued to practiced his 
profession. He died in Cambridgeport, Aug. 17, 1853. 
His wife died in Woburn, Mass., Oct, 11, 1863. Child- 
ren : — 

(i) Ezra L., b. W., Apr. 13, 1807; m. Betsey, dau. of 
Artemas Manning of W., July i, 1826. He was a farmer 
and physician, and resided many years after his marriage 
in his native town. He afterward res. in Nashua, Am- 
herst, Manchester and Chester, the last named place being 
his present place of residence. His wife d. Apr. 12, 1879. 
Children : — 

1 Jane B., b. W., Apr. 23, 1827 ; m. George Cram of 
Lempster. 

2 Jesse T., b. W., July 17, 1828; m. Maryetta Fletch- 
er of Acworth, Nov. 7, 1852. He learned the blacksmith's 
trade at an early age, and soon after was employed in an 
iron forging establishment in Dorchester, Mass. In 1850 
he began work for the Nashua Iron and Steel Co., and re- 
mained there fifteen years. In 1871 he was engaged as 
superintendent of the New Albany Steam Forge, an ex- 
tensive establishment for the forging of heavy iron, and 
located at New Albany, Ind., which position he still re- 
tains. Children : — 

Isella M., b. Nashua, Aug. 2, 1855. 
Irving T., b. ". Feb. i, i860; d. Cleveland, O., 
Sept. 10, 1867. 



052 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Arthur T., b. Detroit, Mich., Mar. 2, 1869; d. Apr. 13, 
1869. 

3 Virgil A., b. W., Feb. 16, 1830; m. Clara M. Dins- 
moor, June I, 1854; is a tinsmith and dealer in stoves, 
and res. in Keene. Children : — 

Murray V., b. Marlow, Mar. 15, 1855. 
Clarence A., b. Keene, Mar. i, 1858. 
Clara M., b. " July i, 1866. 

4 Ezra H., b. W., Dec. 20, 1831 ; d. in infancy. 

5 Edwin v., b. W., Dec. 15, 1834; m. Hannah F. 
Merritt, June 2, i860. He is a physician and lecturer, 
connected with the Institute of Heredity, in Boston, 
where he resides. His second marriage was to Laura M. 
Burhaus of Royal Oak, Mich., Dec. 18, 1883. They have 
one adopted child, Ellena A. Wright, b. Asbury Park, 
N. J., Mar. 27, 1877. 

6 Marion A., b. W., Dec. 27, 1835; ri^- Edwin R. 
Roundy of Dempster, July 4, 1855 ; d. June 4, 1880. 

7 Irene L., b. W., Sept. 11, 1837; ^- Wm. L. Kemp- 
ton, Apr., 1858; res. in Newport, where she d., Oct. 20, 
1864. 

8 Rosella E., b. W., Jan. 28, 1840; m. James H. Clem- 
ent, Mar. 31, 1862; res. in Nashua. 

9 Jacob W., b. W., Jan. 17, 1842 ; d. Sept. 9, 1848. 

10 Cassius M., b. W., Aug. i, 1844; d Sept. 24, 1864. 

11 Ralph S., b. W., Sept. 30, 1847; d. Mar. 24, 1848. 

12 Isetta P., b. Nashua, Apr. 30, 1850; m. Alvah W. 
Holway, Aug. 19, 1873; res. in Boston. 

(2) Betsey, b. W., Oct. 8, 1808; m. Martin Chase of 
W., June 19, 1832; res. many years in W., but now res. 
in Marlborough. 

(3) Nathan R., b. W., Feb. 8, 18 10; m. Mrs. Eliza C. 
Melvin, dau. of Jonathan Clark, Jr., of Washington, Jan. 
16, 1835. For some years he was engaged in the practice 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 683 

of medicine, but relinquished it to engage in ministerial 
labor. He was ordained in Lempster, in 1838, and was 
first settled in Dunbarton, in 1839. During his pastorate 
in Dunbarton, he supplied the pulpit in Hooksett, and re- 
sided there a portion of the time. He also organized a 
church in Concord, which has since become one of the 
strong churches of the state. He remained in Dunbarton 
four years, when he received an urgent call to settle in 
Washington, as pastor of the Universalist society there. 
The call was accepted, and he removed to Washington in 
1843, where he continued to labor, uninterruptedly, thir- 
teen years. He removed to Reading, Mass., in 1856, where 
he remained two years. From Reading he went to Lynn, 
Mass., where he remained eight years. Afterward he 
preached four years in Amesbury, Mass., ten years in 
Woburn, Mass., and, as supply, eight years in Dunstable 
and Tyngsborough, Mass. He is at present, acting pastor 
of the first Universalist Parish of Lynn, Mass. He is a 
man, genial and courteous to all, and eminently fitted to 
win the hearts of those for whom he cares. His wife died 
in Woburn, Mass., May 2, 1881. His second marriage 
was to Mrs. Sarah R. Blake of Lynn, Mass., Nov. 21, 
1884. Children: — 

Lucius B., b. W., Nov. 25, 1836 ; m. Mary A. Watkins 
of Walpole, Apr. 18, 1861. He was a soldier, during the 
war of the Rebellion ; res. in Everett, Mass. Children : — 

Elmer C, b. Apr. 9, 1862 ; d. Apr, 23, 1863. 
Ella E., b. Sept. 16, 1872. 

2 Carroll, D., b. Dunbarton, July 25, 1840; removed 
to W., with his parents, at the age of three years, and 
there received his early education in the public schools, 
and at Tubbs Union Academy. He afterward attended 
the High School of Reading, Mass., and the academies at 
Alstead, N. H., and Chester, Vt; began the study of law 
in i860, with Wm. P. Wheeler of Keene, and afterward 



684 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

continued his legal studies with Erastus Worthington of 
Dedham, Mass., and Tolman Willey of Boston. In 1862 
he enlisted as a private in Co. C, 14th N. H. reg't, but 
rose to the rank of Colonel of his regiment, receiving his 
commission in 1864. He was obliged to resign his com- 
mission and return to the North, in 1865, on account of 
sickness. He soon resumed the study of law and was ad- 
mitted to the bar, at Keene. in 1865. In 1867 he began 
the practice of his profession, in Boston, making a spe- 
cialty of patents. He was successful, and secured a fine 
practice. In 1871 he was elected to the Mass. Senate, 
which was followed by a reelection the next year. He re- 
ceived, in 1873, the appointment of Chief of the Bureau 
of Statistics of Labor in Mass., which position he still 
holds. He received a similar appointment from the United 
States government in 1885. He has the honor of being 
one of the best statisticians in this country, and is an au- 
thority on all matters pertaining to the industrial interests 
of New England. He married Caroline E., dau. of Syl- 
vester Harnden of Reading, Mass., Jan. i, 1867. They 
reside in Reading. Children : — 

Caroline H., b. Reading, Mass., Dec. 8, 1870. 
Grace D., b. " " Dec. i, 1874. 

3 Charlotte S., b. Hooksett, Apr. 18, 1842; m. Rich- 
ard S. White of South Hampton, Oct. 31, 1877; res. in 
Woburn, Mass. 

4 William R., b. W., June 23, 1844; enlisted in the 
35th Mass. reg't, in 1862, at the age of eighteen years, 
and in Aug. left Mass. for the seat of war. He partici- 
pated in many battles, the most important being South 
Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Jackson, Knoxville, 
Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and Spottsylvania. At Spott- 
sylvania he was mortally wounded, May 18, 1864, and d. 
the same day. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 685 

5 Wallace W., b. W., Feb. 5, 1S47 ; m. Catharine D., 
Hall of Dennis, Mass., Nov. 25, 1873; early in life 
learned the banking business in Lynn, Mass.; afterward 
became Clerk and Assistant Treasurer of the Lynn In- 
stitution for Saving, and continued in the employ of the 
bank until his death. On the 17th of Jan., 1884, accom- 
panied by his wife, who was in poor health, he started 
from Boston, for Florida, on the steamer, " City of Colum- 
bus." Early the next morning the vessel struck a 
ledge near Gay Head Light, and almost immediately 
sank, carrying with it about one hundred persons, among 
whom were Wallace W. Wright and his wife. His body 
was recovered, but the body of his wife was never found. 

6 Ella E., b. W., Sept. 30, 1850; d. Jan. 11, 1858. 

7 Jane E. Melvin, dau. of Mrs. N. R. Wright, by her 
first husband, was born in W., Aug. 4, 1826; m. Jacob C. 
Wright, Mar. 6, 1848 ; res. in Woburn, Mass. 

(4) Elisha H., b. Walpole, Nov. 25, 181 1 ; m. Harriet 
Farmer, of Greenfield, Dec. 30, 1836 ; was a carpenter, 
and res, in Washington, Cambridgeport and Lexington, 
Mass.; d. in Lexington, Aug. 4, 1876. His wife died in 
Lexington, July 25, 1884. Children: — 

1 Walter R., b. W., Aug. 21, 1838; m. Lydia Ken- 
neston, i860; was a soldier during the Rebellion ; res. in 
Arlington Heights, Mass. 

2 Willis L., b. W., Sept. 14, 1841 ; m. Abbie M. 
Barnes, Apr., 1870; was a soldier during the Rebellion; 
res. in Waltham, Mass. 

3 George W., b. W., June 30, 1843 ; m. Isabel De- 
Blois, of Arlington, Mass., and res. in Lexington, Mass.; 
was a soldii^r during the Rebellion. 

4 Hattie A.., b. Cambridgeport, Mass., June 9, 1850; 
m. G. H, Roue, professor of music at Sedalia University, 
Mo., in Nov., 1875. 

5 Emma E. H., b. Cambridgeport, Mass., Oct. 22, 1852 ; 
is a teacher, and fes. in Lexington, Mass. 



686 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(5) Sarah L., b. W., Aug. 15, 181 3 ; m. Russell Bixby; 
d. Apr. 24, 1849. 

(6) Ward E., b. W., Mar. 21, 1815 ; m. Harriet N. 
Frary of Haverhill, N. H., Apr. 7, 1840. He studied 
medicine with his father, and practiced his profession in 
Cambridge, Mass., where he had an extensive practice. 
His ability was widely recognized, and honorary degrees 
were conferred upon him by medical societies in different 
parts of the country. He died in Cambridge, Feb. 14, 
1873. His wife died in Cambridge, Jan. 4, 1878. Child- 
ren : — 

1 Angelia H., b. Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 5, 1841 ; d. 
Sept. 17, 1 861. 

2 Harriet, E., b. Cambridge, Mass., May i, 1846; d. 
July 9, 1846. 

3 Ida E., b. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 13, 1849; m. 
Arthur E. Dennison of Cambridge, Oct. 22, 1873; res. 
in Cambridge. Child : — 

Arthur W., b. Cambridge, Dec. 3, 1878. 

4 Ella L., b. Cambridge, Jan. 17, 1854; res. in Cam- 
bridge. 

(7) Martha, b. W., Mar. 11, 1817; m. Isaac Ouimby, 
Dec. 24, 1856; res. in Claremont, Newport, and Hills- 
borough ; they now reside in Hillsborough. 

(8) Jacob C, b. W., Jan. 21, 1820; m. Jane E. Mel- 
vin, adopted dau. of Rev. Nathan R. Wright, Mar. 6, 
1848; res. in Woburn, Mass. 

(9) Hiram F., b. W., July 6, 1824 ; removed to Cam- 
bridgeport, Mass., with his parents, in youth, and after 
marriage res. in Cambridge and Reading, Mass. He was 
a soldier during the Rebellion, in the 50th Mass. reg't. 
He is at present employed at the Soldiers and Sailors' 
Home at Hampton, Va. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 62>y 

III. 

Jacob, b. W., Mar. i6, 1788 ; m. Mary Underwood, in 
March, 1807; served a year and a half in the war of 
1812, and was in many battles, including Lundy's Lane, 
and was one of eleven, in a company of one hundred 
men, who survived that battle. He died Apr. 15, 1873, 
aged 85 years. His wife died Feb. 15, 1867. Children: — 

(i) Lucy, b. W., Jan. 5, 1808; m. Moses D. Proctor 
of W., June I, 183 1 ; res. in W. After the death of her 
husband, she married Solomon Crane, Feb. 11, 1847; d. 
in W., Apr. i, 1870. 

(2) Louisa, b. W., Oct. 16, 1809; m. Nathan Corey, 
Aug. 3, 1825 ; res. in Stoddard, Charlestown, and W., 
until 1879, when they removed to Boscavven, where she 
now resides. 

(3) Jacob, b. W., Dec. 23, 181 5 ; d., aged three weeks. 

(4) Mariara, b. W., Oct. 13, 1820; m. Harry Lowell 
of W., Feb. 4, 1838. He died Nov. 29, 1858, and she m. 
E. D, Elliot, Aug. 19, i860; res. in Marlow. 

(5) Samuel A., b. W., Sept. 8, 1827; d. Marlow, Nov. 
29, 1864. 

III. 

Olive, b. W., ; d. in infancy. 

IV. 

Susanna, b. W., Oct. 24, 1792; m. .Henry Jefts of 
Mason ; res. in W., some years, and afterward in Nashua, 
where she died, Apr. 17, 188 1. 

Olive Wright, sister of Col. Jacob Wright, m. Samuel 
Lowell, and res. in Washington. 

Naomi Wright, another sister of Col. Jacob Wright, m. 
David Reed of Gardner, Mass., May 26, 1785. 

Peter Wright removed from Westford, Mass., to Stod- 
dard, at an early date. He was undoubtedly a relative of 
Col. Jacob Wright, who early settled in Washington. 



688 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Charles Wright, son of Peter Wright, was born in Stod- 
dard, in 1786. He married Polly, dau. of Supply Barney 
of W., and resided in W., on the farm where Amory P. 
Wright now resides. He died June 21, 1880, aged 93 yrs. 
9 mos. His wife died Dec. 16, 1879, aged 84 yrs. Child- 
ren : — 

I. 

Hartwell, b. W., Aug. i, 1818; m. Julia A., dau. of 
Richard Towne of W., Aug. i, 1844. They have always 
resided in Washington. Children : — 

(i) George M., b. W., Mar. 7, 1846; m. Emma H. 
Pitkin of Hartford, Vt., and res. in Washington. Child- 
ren : — 

1 Lillian M., b. W., Dec. 3, 1866; m. John F. Wheel- 
er, Dec. 3, 1885. 

2 Carlos L., b. W., Aug. 6, 1868. 

3 Julia A., b. W., May 17, 1870. 

4 Bertha L., b. W., Feb. 3, 1872. 

5 Eva E., b. W., July 30, 1876. 

6 Alice M., b. W., May 4, 1884. 

(2) Albert T., b. W., Oct. 13, 1847; m. Martha E. 
Wood, in 1873; res. in W. 

(3) Orin P., b. W., July 28, 1850; was educated in the 
public schools of his native town, at Tubbs Union Acad- 
emy, and at the W. H. Conference Seminary at Tilton, 
where he graduated, in 1873. He studied theology at 
Boston University and graduated in 1876. While a stu- 
dent he supplied the Methodist church in Amesbury, Mass., 
a year and a half, and has since been settled as pastor of 
churches in East Canaan, Winchester, Salem, Colebrook 
and Whitefield, in New Hampshire. In 1886 he received 
an appointment in Scrantcn, Pennsylvania, where he is 
at present engaged in pastoral labor. He married Julia 
W. Murray of Canaan, May 25, 1880. They have oeie 
child, Don M., who died in infancy. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. • 689 

(4) Elgin, b. W., June 4, 1855 ; m. Alma J. Porter of 
Manchester, in 1880. Their only child is: — 

I Porter P., b. Manchester, Apr., 1881. 

(5) Dean, b. W., July 16, 1864. 

II. 
Amory P.; b. W., Nov. 17, 1824; m. Jennie F. Neiley 
of Boston, Mar. 6, 1884 ; res. in W., on the farm where he 
was born. Child : — 

(i) Minnie M., b. W., Apr. 17, 1885. 

Patty Wright, dau. of Peter, and sister of Charles 
Wright, married Jonathan Shedd, and for her second hus- 
band, Jerry Gleason of Washington. 

Reuben Wright formerly resided at the south part of 
Washington, but little has been learned of his history. 
His wife died Aug. 15, 1842, aged 6^ yrs. 

Zophar, son of Reuben Wright, also resided many years 
in W. He married Merinda Shedd, dau. of John Shedd. 
He died in Cheshire County, May 11, 1880, aged 75 yrs. 

YOUNG. 

Edward Young was born in Stoddard, in 1797. He 
married Rachel Tandy, a native of Deerfield, and resided 
some years after marriage, in Goshen. He later removed 
to Washington, where he died, in Nov., i860. His wife 
died in June, 1878. Children : — 

I. 

James T., b. Goshen, May 28, 1830 ; res. in Washington. 

II. 

Hiram C, b. Goshen, Nov. 10, 183 1 ; m. Eleanor A. 
Strickland of W., Apr. 30, 1859; ^^s. in W., and is one 
of the proprietors of the Crescent Woolen mill. Child- 
ren : — 



690 ' HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(1) Ida M., b. W., June 8, i860; m. Willie D. Brock- 
way, and res. in W. 

(2) Fred S., b. W., Oct. 28, 1868; d. Feb. 4, 1884. 

(3) Perley M., b. W., Dec. 5, 1871. 

III. 

Sarah H., b. Goshen, ; m. George S. Jefts, 

Nov. 30, 1847. 

IV. 

Lucius C, b. W., Jan. 10, 1838; m. Angie H. Thomp- 
son of Goshen, Apr. 17, 1861 ; res. in W. Children: — 

(i) Irving E., b. W., Sept. 18, 1863. 

(2) Hattie M., b. W., Dec. 31, 1868. 

(3) George D., b. W., Aug. 23, 1874. 

(4) Edwin A., b. W., Jan. 16, 1881. 

V. 

Elvira, b. W., Mar. 13, 1842; m. Amos Thompson and 
res. in W. 

VI. 

Benjamin C, b. W., Mar. 30, 1846; m. Addie M., dau. 
of Darius Y. Barnes of W., Apr. 10, 1876; res. in W. 



CHAPTER XXXV, 



BRIEF NOTICES OF A FEW FAMILIES NOT ]VIENTIONED 
IN THE PRECEDING CHAPTER. 




BARKER. 

fXEPHEN BARKER is supposed to have been a 
native of Greenfield, and was born about the year 
1809. His first wife was Abigail Ordway, by 
whom he had several children. His second wife was Mrs. 
Emma (Davis) Danforth, widow of Calvin Danforth of 
W., whom he married Oct. 3, 1852. They resided near 
East Washington, on the place now occupied by Wm. 
Shaw. They had several children, all but one of whom 
died young. He died in W., June 27, 1859, aged 50 yrs. 
His widow married Hiram Stevens, and res. in Bearing. 

BARRETT. 

Levi Barrett resided for a time near East Washington, 
where Nathan Mann previously resided. He afterward 
lived near Island Pond, on the farm which was afterward 
for many years, the home of Wm. D. Severance. He final- 
ly removed to the center of the town, where it is supposed 
that he died. He had a large family of children, but we 
have no record of their births. Lodema, dau. of Levi Bar- 
rett, married Nathan Dole and resided in Washing-ton 
until after her husband's death. She afterward married 
Connor, and now res. in Missouri. Alma, dau. of 



692 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

Levi Barrett, married Azael Ingals, and after residing in 
W. for a time, removed to Chester, Vt., wliere it is be- 
lieved that she died. 



BIXBY. 

Henry Bixby, son of Adolphus Bixby, was born in Hills- 
borough, Sept. 9, 1813. He married Sarah J. Carey, a 
native of Francestown, June 3, 1838. They began mar- 
ried life in Washington, and, with the exception of three 
years spent in Manchester, resided in W. until about the 
year 1859, when they removed to Bradford. They con- 
tinued to reside in Bradford until 1886, when they again 
settled in Washington. Children : — 

I. 

Mansel, b. W., Sept. 7, 1840; was a soldier in the 7th 
N. H. reg't, during the Rebellion, and died, from wounds 
received at Ft. Wagner, Aug. 25, 1863. 

II. 

Byron, b. W., June 8, 1842 ; served in the 7th N. H. 
reg't, during the Rebellion, and was killed at Ft. Fisher, 
Jan. 14, 1865. 

III. 

Charles F., b. W., June 17, 1845 ; served three years in 
the Union army, during the Rebellion ; m. Hattie A. Pike 
of Ashburnham, Feb., 1872 ; res. in Jaffrey. Children,: — 

(1) Herbert A., b. Jaffrey, Apr. 15, 1874. 

(2) Pearl L., b. Jaffrey, Sept., 1881. 

IV. 

Marion C, b. Manchester, Nov. 8, 1846; m. Frank P. 
Rogers, Jan., 1873 ; d. in Bradford, July 14, 1884. Their 
only child, Harry C. Rogers, was born in W., Mar. 16, 1880. 

V. 

Dora, b. W., June 17, 1850; d. May 3, 1863. 



HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 693 

VI. 

Granville H., b. W., Apr. 20, 1852 ; res. in Weare. 

VII. 
Martha J., b. W., Dec. 18, 1855 ; d. Aug. 25, 1858. 

VIII. 
Addie F., b. W., Jan. 22, 1858. 

IX. 
Grace E., b. Bradford, Jan. 26, 1861. 

HESELTON. 

John J. Heselton, son of Jephtha Heselton, was born in 
Derry, May 17, 1849. 

He married Lucy E., dau. of John Bingham of Lemp- 
ster, Nov. 19, 1873. They settled in W. in 1882, having 
previously resided in Hillsborough and Lempster. Child- 
ren : — 

I. 

Lucy G., b. Hillsborough, Nov. 12, 1874. 

II. 

Mary E., b. Washington, Jan. 5, 1883. 

SIMONS. 

Samuel Simons was born in Newbury, N. H., May 29, 
1808. He m. Mary Savory, Nov. 18, 1833. His second 
marriage was to Roxie E. Perkins of Stony Creek, N. Y., 
Sept. 18, 185 1. He res. for a time prior to his settlement 
in W., at Stony Creek, N. Y. He came to W. in 1882, 
and died Aug. 4, 1883. His wife d. in W., May 4, 1884. 
Children : — 

(1st wife) 
I. 
Sarah A., b. Mar. 23, 1836. 

II. 
Ellen M., b. Dec. 3, 1843. 



694 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

(2nd wife) 
III. 

Margaret M., b. Stony Creek, N. Y., June 11, 1852 ; m. 
Willard W. Simons, Jan. 23, 1876 ; res. in W. 

IV. 
Lenora, b. Stony Creek, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1858. 

Willard W. Simons was born in Newbury, Feb. 11, 
1 82 1. He m. Hannah Smith of Bradford, by whom he 
had two daughters. He res. in Newbury, where his wife 
died in July, 1873. His second marriage was to Margaret 
M. Simons at Creek Center, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1876. The 
same year he came to W. to reside, and died there, Nov. 
21, 1882. His widow still res. in W. 

STRICKLAND. 

Samuel B. Strickland was born in Dempster about the 
year 1841. He is the son of Jerome Strickland, who was 
born in Conn, in 1795. He married Ellen M., dau. of 
Benjamin Vickery of Washington, in 1861, and res. many 
years in Washington. He afterwards lived in Hills- 
borough and Bennington, the last named town being his 
present place of residence. His wife d. in Hillsbor- 
ough in 1885. Children: — 

I. 
Plora M., b. W., Aug. 27, 1862; m. Eugene Hoyt of 
Hillsborough. 

II. 
Cora L., b. W., Jan. 20, 1865 ; m. Scott S. Miller. 

111. 

Clarence. 

IV. 

Norman S., b. W., Sept. 27, 1870. 

V. 

Dora S., b. W., Nov. i, 1873. 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 



Dr. Cummings settled in Washington as the successor 
of Dr. Proutyin 1853 instead of 1852, as stated on p. 132. 

For Cornelius V. Pegg, read Cornelius M. Pegg, on p. 
121. 

The sketch of the Abbott family, at the beginning of 
the chapter of genealogies, contains several misstatements. 
The following is believed to be correct. 

Philip Abbott, son of Reuben Abbott, was born April 

6, 1799. His first wife was Rebecca Elkins of Hanover, 
whom he married Dec. 19, 1830. She d. at Shrewsbury, 
Mass., Apr. 20, 1839. His second wife was Mrs. Harriet 
W. Knowlton. They were married Nov. 16, 1839. She 
d. in Boston, Oct. 5, 1883. PhiHp Abbott d. in W., July 

7, 1883. The children of Philip Abbott were : — 

(1st wife) 

1 James, b. 1831 ; d. aged two days. 

2 Reuben, b. 1831 ; d. aged two days. 

3 Jane M., b. Littleton, June 24, 1832; m. Archibald 
J. Neiley, Jan. i, 1857. 

4 Charles W., b. Boylston, Mass., Dec. 15, 1834; m. 
Addie M. Howe of Vt, in 1863. 

5 Harriet L., b. Shrewsbury, Mass., Aug. i, 1837; rn- 
Orlando Fogg, Oct. 5, 1857; d. July 5, 1882. 

(2nd wife) 

6 Amanda E., b. Roxbury, Mass., Oct. 2, 1840; d. in 
W., Sept. 29, 1856. 



696 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON. 

7 Ellen M., b. Roxbury, Mass., Oct. 2, 1840; d. in W., 
May 15, 1855. 

8 Emily C, b. Roxbury, Mass., Nov. 7, 1843 ! ^- ^^'^ W., 
Nov. I, 1878. 

9 Albert F., b. Hillsborough, Dec. 15, 1847; studied 
medicine and took his degree in 1878 ; m. Eliza F. El- 
dridge, Feb. 26, 1885. 

Col. Thomas Laws was born in Westminster, Mass., 
May II, 1797. He settled in Washington about the year 
1822 or 1823. He died in Peterborough, May 31, 1853, 
having removed to that town from W., the previous year. 

Alfred Laws, son of Col. Thomas Laws, was born in 
Washington, June 26, 1831 ; graduated at Dartmouth Col- 
lege in 1858 ; was engaged in teaching ten years in Ver- 
mont, Maine and Mass. For many years he has been 
engaged in insurance business, his place of residence being 
in Brockton, Mass. He married Clara M. Balch, Feb. 20, 
1859. Their children are: — 

1 Daughter, b. Jan. 17, i860; d. Jan. 28, i860. 

2 Anna L., b. Nov. 3, 1861 ; d. Nov. 14, 1866. 

3 Walter, b. June 14, 1864 ; d. Aug. 14, 1866. 

4 Frank A., b. May 28, 1867. 

5 May L., b. July 23, 1869; d. Sept. 18, 1869. 

Wilbur F. Jones, b. in Lowell, Mass., July 19, 1867, 
and Helen G. Jones, b. in Lowell, Aug. 28, 1869, are 
children of William F., and grandchildren of Bela Jones. 
They came to Washington with their aunts, Mary Jones 
and Huldah Cleasby, with whom they have had a home 
since infancy. 



